permite vizualizarea continutului directorului curent (sau al directorului primit ca parametru)
razvan@ragnarok:~$ ls Desktop bin contestapplet.conf mydocs people Templates books evolution package.lst php an4sem2 cfiles linux packages tmp razvan@ragnarok:~$ ls /usr X11R6 bin doc games include info java lib local sbin share src razvan@ragnarok:~$ ls -l total 60 drwxr-xr-x 4 razvan razvan 4096 Jun 19 23:29 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 razvan razvan 4096 Dec 28 2004 Templates drwxr-xr-x 10 razvan razvan 4096 Jun 20 13:06 an4sem2 drwxr--r-- 2 razvan razvan 4096 May 13 18:59 bin drwxr--r-- 10 razvan razvan 4096 Jun 30 18:59 books drwx------ 23 razvan razvan 4096 Aug 1 17:33 cfiles -rw-r--r-- 1 razvan razvan 461 Aug 1 17:40 contestapplet.conf drwx------ 4 razvan razvan 4096 May 13 22:17 evolution drwxr--r-- 5 razvan razvan 4096 Jun 12 23:19 linux drwx------ 12 razvan razvan 4096 Aug 6 23:51 mydocs -rw-r--r-- 1 razvan razvan 15 Jun 14 15:31 package.lst drwxr-xr-x 4 razvan razvan 4096 Jul 12 12:25 packages drwxr-xr-x 10 razvan razvan 4096 Jun 20 13:19 people drwxr-xr-x 3 razvan razvan 4096 Jul 6 00:29 php drwx------ 2 razvan razvan 4096 Aug 2 23:41 tmp razvan@ragnarok:~$ ls -a . .gimp-2.0 .mcoprc .xchm .. .gimp-2.2 .metacity .xemacs .ICEauthority .gksu.lock .mime.types .xine .Trash .gnome .mozilla .xinitrc .Xauthority .gnome2 .mozilla-thunderbird .xmms .appletviewer .gnome2_private .mpd.conf .xscreensaver .autosave .gnome_private .mplayer .xsession-errors .bash_history .gnucash .my.cnf .ymessenger .bash_profile .gstreamer-0.8 .mysql_history Desktop .bashrc .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 .nautilus Templates .bluefish .httrack.ini .openoffice an4sem2 .dc .hyperb .qt bin .dmrc .icons .recently-used books .esd_auth .indent.pro .saves-3420-ragnarok cfiles .ethereal .java .shadow_todo contestapplet.conf .evolution .kde .smb evolution .face .kderc .ssh linux .fishsrv.pl .local .sversionrc mydocs .fonts .lyx .themes package.lst .fonts.cache-1 .macromedia .thumbnails packages .fonts.conf .mailcap .viminfo people .gconf .mc .vimrc php .gconfd .mcop .xchat2 tmp razvan@ragnarok:~$