Two ls options you might not have used

ls has a

option that allows a number of various formatting displays. Some, like

, you have probably used often. And some don’t seem all that useful, like

. But here are two I did not know and now like:

• 1

  -1

  That’s the numeral one. It shows single column output, so you can have the readability of

  1

  -l

  , without the extra info if you don’t need it:
  

• 1

  -m

  This displays comma-separated output:
  
  Useful for scripting and fast .csv creation!

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