The command "man ls" will tell you about the 'ls' command. The last part will be ignored because it isn't part of the manual entry for the 'ls' command.
The command as you can given it is most likely because you want to know what will happen when you issue the 'ls abcdat' command in Linux. The answer is that it will list out the name (in a short form) of the file or directory abcdat if it exists in your current working directory.
Using man ls will open the manual page for the ls command. The ls command lists the files and folders in the current directory.
The LS command: ls folder Type man ls for more details.
"man" is part of Linux. You could try "info" if you really wanted.
The 'ls' command is the same in Linux and Unix systems. System Administrators may set up an alias that has the -FC or other options but the command itself with no other parameters (ls) is just the 'ls' command.
The 'ls' command has many switches and options, especially depending on which version of Unix or Linux you are talking about. The best way to find out is to try either: man ls info ls ls --help depending on the system.
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The man command is short for manual. For example: $ man ls will show the manual page for the lscommand (list files in current directory). Whilst $ man man will show the manual pages for man!
A command is an instruction from a user to get the computer to do something! A simple example: open a terminal and type the command "man man" (without the quotes) and the result will be the manual page of the man command.Note: The command ls stands for list the files in the current directory.
ls will list the contents of a directory.
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bash# ls -la Above command will list all files in current directory in long listing format. To know more read the manual page of ls command. bash# man ls
In Linux: ls In Windows: dir