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→Part 1: Using the Linux Shell
# Press the letter <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">q</span> to exit the man command.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to get help with the ls command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">man ls</span><br><br>'''TIP:''' You can use the following '''short-cut keys''' within the man command to <br>help navigate throughout this utility to get help with the ls command (refer to table below):<br><br><table cellpadding="3"><tr><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">Keyboard Shortcut</th><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">Purpose</th></tr><tr><td>'''ENTER'''</td><td>Move down one line</td></tr><tr><td>'''SPACEBAR'''</td><td>Move one screen down</td></tr><tr><td>'''<ctrl><b>'''</td><td>Move one screen up</td></tr><tr><td>'''/pattern/'''</td><td>Search for Pattern</td></tr><tr><td>'''q'''</td><td>quit man utility</td></tr></table><br>
# Navigate through the man utility for the '''ls''' Linux command and note the '''option letters''' that correspond to the following descriptions:<br><ul><li>Include directory entries whose names begin with a "'''perioduse a long lising format'''"</li><li>List in long ("'''detaileddo not ignore entries starting with .'''" (i.e. hidden files) format</li><li>"'''Recursivelysort by file size''' list subdirectories encountered"</li><li>"'''Sort''' files by size<append indicator (one of */li=><li>Display a '''forward slash&|) to entries''' " (`/'i.e. type of file) immediately after each pathname that is a directory</li></ul><br>
# Exit the man utility for the ls command.<br><br>
# Issue the '''ls''' command for each of those option letters you wrote down to see how this command differs for each option.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' The '''man''' utility can be used with the '''-k''' option to help list Linux commands that match a text pattern<br>that is contained within the help screen for a Linux command.<br><br>
