List the Contents of Other Folders
ls musicYou don't have to be in a directory to find out what's in it. Let's say that you're in your home directory, but you want to find out what's in the music directory. Simply type the ls command, followed by the folder whose contents you want to view, and you'll see this: $ ls music Buddy_Holly Clash Donald_Fagen new In the previous example, a relative path is used, but absolute paths work just as well. $ ls /home/scott/music Buddy_Holly Clash Donald_Fagen new The ability to specify relative or absolute paths can be incredibly handy when you don't feel like moving all over your file system every time you want to view a list of the contents of a directory. Not sure if you still have that video of Tiger Woods sinking that incredible putt? Try this (~ is like an alias meaning your home directory): $ ls ~/videos Ubuntu_Talk.mpeg nerdtv_1_andy_hertzfeld airhorn_surprise.wmv nerdtv_2_max_levchin apple_navigator.mov nerdtv_3_bill_joy b-ball-e-mail.mov RPG_Nerds.mpeg carwreck.mpg tiger_woods_just_did_it.wmv Yes, there it is: tiger_woods_just_did_it.wmv. |
