ls files with associated types

Question

I list contents of pwd

ls

But get a bunch of names. And I don't know which are directories and which aren't.

How do I list out the contents of a folder with each item's associated filetype?

Answer 1

When you use the ls command with the option -l, the first string of letters gives the info about each file, and the first letter in this string gives the file's type. (d = directory, - = standard file, l = link, etc.)

Answer 2

You can use

$ ls -F

or

$ ls --file-type