Show hidden directories in VT100?

[Zathu]

An ls in my root directory in VT100 shows on the Applications and Media directory. How can I get directories such as var, etc, and bin to display?

 

[Luis]

ls -al

 

[pilotError]

When you start terminal, your in your home directory, usually

/Users/<some username>

You can type in

pwd

Which shows you your Present Working Directory (where you are on the disk)

Then type in

cd /

which brings you to the root directory.

When you do an ls there, you will see those directories.

ls -a shows you any files that begin with a "." (period)

Those are more or less hidden.

ls -al shows all files in long format which gives you permissions, owners and file sizes.

don't go touching things though...
🙂

 

[Luis]

When you start terminal, your in your home directory, usually

/Users/<some username>

You can type in

pwd

Which shows you your Present Working Directory (where you are on the disk)

Then type in

cd /

which brings you to the root directory.

When you do an ls there, you will see those directories.

ls -a shows you any files that begin with a "." (period)

Those are more or less hidden.

ls -al shows all files in long format which gives you permissions, owners and file sizes.

don't go touching things though...
🙂

Nice to know about ls -a, simplified.

 

[Zathu]

Oh! I feel stupid for assuming I was in the root dir. Thanks!