what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information
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what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?..

Answer / usha

ls -l given the sorted file in long listing format.it gives
the information such as type(file/directory), permissions
given to file,links,owner,group user detail,date & time of
modification etc...

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what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?..

Answer / upendar

ls -l command will display the list of all Files and Sub Directories with File Type(Regular File(-), Directory File(d), Link File(l), Block Special file(b), Character Special File(c) or Device Special File.), File Permissions, No of Links, User Name, Group Name, File Size in Bytes, Date&Time and File Name.

Ex: -|rw-r--r--|2|temp|dba|456|SEP 14 3:45|samplefile

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what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?..

Answer / kiruthiga.s

ls-l long list the file details.
output :
File or directory type, permission, uid, gid, filesize,
link count,filename. time stamp

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what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?..

Answer / prithvi

it will show long list of object details.It will show about
the user's name with its group.

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what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?..

Answer / anandhi

to list all the user working at system

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