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Old 11-14-2006
what does the ls -ltr command list
Hi,

THe following is the output when i run the command ls -ltr
can anyone explain the meaning of the field in red

-rw-r----- 3 orca orca 20924 Sep 08 19:21 BTL027SASI.gnt
-rw-r----- 3 orca orca 20924 Sep 08 19:21 BTL027RITD.gnt
-rw-r----- 3 orca orca 20924 Sep 08 19:21 BTL027.gnt
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Old 11-14-2006
check "man ls" ...
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Old 11-21-2006
Hi Ranjitha,

ls -ltr lists the content of the directory in longlisting, time stamped in reverse order.

l====> Longlisting
t====> time stamp
r====> in reverse order

3 in the below list indicates there are 3 links to that file.

txs,
jam
 
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