How do I interpret the results of the `ls -l` command?

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I want to learn about the meaning of values for example first line; is here the owner of directory ?

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drwxr-xr-x 2 ataka root 4096 2008-11-04 16:58 ataka

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Is ataka here the owner of directory? Well, yes (third column), but it also happens to be the name of the directory (last column). See , and or for more information.

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