ls command not listing common directories

[tech291083]

Hi,
When I type this command 'ls' here is what I get:

[root@localhost ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg autoscan.log Desktop install.log.syslog scsound.log swapfile
a.out configure.scan install.log oldflashplugins.tar.gz sqlplus workspace

As far as I understand this command 'ls' lists all the directories on the system, right? If so, then why common directories like var, etc, usr, mnt, boot are not displayed in the output of the command?
How do I list these common directories? Many thanks...

[marko]

Originally Posted by tech291083

Hi,
When I type this command 'ls' here is what I get:

[root@localhost ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg autoscan.log Desktop install.log.syslog scsound.log swapfile
a.out configure.scan install.log oldflashplugins.tar.gz sqlplus workspace

As far as I understand this command 'ls' lists all the directories on the system, right? If so, then why common directories like var, etc, usr, mnt, boot are not displayed in the output of the command?
How do I list these common directories? Many thanks...

The ls command with no argument will only show files and directories
in the directory it's already in. Your prompt says you were in the
root's ~ directory which means the home directory for root, that's
/root on fedora. Common directories you mean are one level higher
under / so do a change directory to "/" then run ls

cd /
ls

Or you could just tell ls to look in / directly:

ls /


Mark

[tw2113]

for future reference, type "man ls"

for this thread:

ls options:
-l -- view detailed information about files and directories
-S -- sort by size of the file or directory
-X -- sort by extension
-r -- sort reverse order
-t -- sort by time when file or directory was last modified
-a -- show hidden files
-i -- view the inode value associated with a directory or file

[tech291083]

Thanks a lot guys..