Amazon Cloud : AWS Linux Server Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

To list all files in a folder, open a terminal and type: command: ls You can also specify the path as part of the ls command as follows: ls /path/to/file By default, files and folders are listed in a column on the screen only displays the file name. Hidden files (files that start with a full stop) is not automatically displayed by the ls command. Instead, you must use the following command: ls -a ls --all To omit it from the list of files, you can use uppercase A instead of lowercase a as follows: ls -A ls --almost-all Specific commands like mv and cp command, the command is used to move and copy files and has a switch that can be used with commands to create a backup of the original file. These backup files usually end with a tilde (~). To omit backup files (files ending with a tilde) run the following command: ls -B ls --ignore-backups If you want a more detailed output you can use the following switch: l...