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Examining Directories

 
  • The first character in the long listing distinguishes directories (d) from regular files (-)

    • $ ls -ld /bin
    • drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 18:13 /bin/
    • $ ls -l /bin/df
    • -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28596 Feb 18 2003 /bin/df
  • Other file type indicators exist