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Brij Raj Kishore
Asked: 2016-08-07 07:04:50 +0800 CST

Difference ls -l & ls -lsr

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What is difference Between ls -l & ls -lsr Both Are Giving Same(nearly the same) output. So what's the difference between the two commands.

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    • s shows the size in blocks.
    • r shows it in reverse order.

    So this ...

    Both Are Giving Same(nearly the same) output.

    I doubt is a true assessment.

    Example:

    rinzwind@schijfwereld:~$ ls -l
total 1964
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      19 mrt 13 20:39 Desktop -> /discworld/Desktop/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      21 mrt 13 20:43 Documents -> /discworld/Documents/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      21 mrt 13 20:42 Downloads -> /discworld/Downloads/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rinzwind rinzwind 1966690 mei  1 21:51 Firefox_wallpaper.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rinzwind rinzwind   35928 jul 29 15:06 mozilla.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      20 mrt 13 20:42 Pictures -> /discworld/Pictures/
drwxrwxr-x 3 rinzwind rinzwind    4096 apr 27 11:28 VirtualBox VMs

    rinzwind@schijfwereld:~$ ls -lsr
total 1964
   4 drwxrwxr-x 3 rinzwind rinzwind    4096 apr 27 11:28 VirtualBox VMs
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      20 mrt 13 20:42 Pictures -> /discworld/Pictures/
  36 -rw-rw-r-- 1 rinzwind rinzwind   35928 jul 29 15:06 mozilla.pdf
1924 -rw-rw-r-- 1 rinzwind rinzwind 1966690 mei  1 21:51 Firefox_wallpaper.png
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      21 mrt 13 20:42 Downloads -> /discworld/Downloads/
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      21 mrt 13 20:43 Documents -> /discworld/Documents/
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rinzwind rinzwind      19 mrt 13 20:39 Desktop -> /discworld/Desktop/

    I see 2 distinct differences here: the ordering and the 1st column.

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