linux ls command

[ahuckphin]

I know that ls lists out all the content of a directory while ls lists out all teh content of a directory with detail. So how do I go about listing out all the content without detail that starts with a particular letter? 

 

Say I want to list out content starting with d. from google searching, ls /etc/* dosen't work, ls d* dosen't work and ls -d /etc/[d]* dosen't work 

 

[myselfolli]

What you're looking for is a pipe (this thing -> | ) which is used to 'pipe' the output of one command into another command.

 

In your case you could use

ls | grep d*

which would pipe the output of ls into the grep command, which outputs only stuff starting with a d

[ahuckphin]

18 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

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Thank you for your help. Turns out that 

ls D*

also works despite not working eariler today. 

[KarathKasun]

6 minutes ago, bindydad123 said:

Thank you for your help. Turns out that 

ls D*

also works despite not working eariler today. 

"ls d*" and "ls D*" are two different commands.

[captain_aggravated]

28 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

"ls d*" and "ls D*" are two different commands.

That is to say, it is case sensitive.  ls d* searches for files that begin with a lowercase d, ls D* for files with an uppercase D.

 

ls | grep -i d*  will ignore case.