On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Michael msulli1355@gmail.com
[LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> You could pipe it. Try 'ls | more' or 'ls | less' for more visual
> convenience. With less you can scroll through the listing using your
> keyboard arrow buttons. HTH
This is the correct answer. And if you want to take it a bit further:
# ls -C | less
The -C will force the output into columns. Normally, 'ls' will dump
output into columns, however, when you pipe it to less or more, it
outputs one line at a time in a single column. The -C overrides this
and 'ls' then outputs to the pipe in columns.
*(that's a gross simplification for what it's doing, but it's
explanatory enough for this).
you can also 'ls' wildcards if you know you're looking for certain
things in a dir...
ls *.xml to list only xml files.
ls *.jpg to list only jpg images.
and so forth.
ls colorado*.jpg to list only jpg images that begin with the string 'colorado'.
Posted by: J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com>
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