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command ls -l output explained

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http://www.go2linux.org – One command I use a lot is ls -l -l use a long listing format Here is an example of its output: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 9 11:49 modprobe.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 11 2009 motd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 23 17:17 mplayer -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 311 Mar 31 10:01 mtab -rw------- 1 root ggarron 0 Feb 24 18:07 mtab.fuselock -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2614 Jul 13 2009 mtools.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 9 11:48 mysql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8728 Feb 13 14:30 nanorc - (HowTos)

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