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In Linux, how to ls -l a directory and not the contents of that directory?
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Mar 15, 202622009 viewsConfidence Score1%
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For example, if I have a directory containing files file1 and file2, and a directory dir1, then "ls -l file1" will show details just for file1. Doing the same thing for dir1 will instead show the contents of dir1. Is there a way to treat dir1 like file1?
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Use ( will make it stop listing the contents of a directory). From the documentation: , List just the names of directories, as with other types of files, rather than listing their contents. Do not follow symbolic links listed on the command line unless the ( ), ( ), or options are specified.
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