Introduction
The ls command lists all files and child directories of a directory. For instance, inside the /home/nmurgor path:
To list files of a child directory, say Downloads:
nmurgor@nmurgor:~$ ls Downloads/
The ls command can take an absolute path or relative path of the directory to list the files/directories from. The ls command can be supplied with the -a flag to list all content including hidden directories and files:
Note: Hidden files/directories are named starting with
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