Securing Files and Verifying File Integrity in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

How to Display File Information

Display information about all the files in a directory by using the ls command.

  • Type the following command to display a long listing of all files in the current directory.
    % ls -la
    –l

    Displays the long format that includes user ownership, group ownership, and file permissions.

    –a

    Displays all files, including hidden files that begin with a dot (.).

    For all options to the ls command, see the ls(1) man page.

Example 1-1  Displaying File Information

In the following example, a partial list of the files in the /sbin directory is displayed.

% cd /sbin
% ls -l
total 4960
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin      12756 Dec 19  2013 6to4relay
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root        10 Dec 19  2013 accept -> cupsaccept
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin      38420 Dec 19  2013 acctadm
-r-xr-xr-x   2 root   sys      70512 Dec 19  2013 add_drv
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin       3126 Dec 19  2013 addgnupghome
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   bin         37 Dec 19  2013 amd64
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin       2264 Dec 19  2013 applygnupgdefaults
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin        153 Dec 19  2013 archiveadm
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root   bin      12644 Dec 19  2013 arp
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    Each line displays information about a file in the following order:

  • Type of file – For example, d. For list of file types, see File and Directory Ownership.

  • Permissions – For example, r-xr-xr-x. For description, see File and Directory Ownership.

  • Number of hard links – For example, 2.

  • Owner of the file – For example, root.

  • Group of the file – For example, bin.

  • Size of the file, in bytes – For example, 12644.

  • Date the file was created or the last date that the file was changed – For example, Dec 19 2013.

  • Name of the file – For example, arp.