What does ls -l echo out?

Question

$ ls -l
-rw------- 1 root root 2381 Jan 13 08:20 authorized_keys
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  444 Jan 13 08:20 known_hosts

Could someone fill in the gaps!

Possible duplicate of [What does 'ls -la' do?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/517229/what-does-ls-la-do) - also see [what does terminal command: ls -l show?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17578647/what-does-terminal-command-ls-l-show) on Stack Overflow and [What do the fields in ls -al output mean?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/103114/what-do-the-fields-in-ls-al-output-mean) on Unix & Linux. — Byte Commander, Jan 13 '17 at 13:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '17 at 14:05

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Pictures explains better than words.

File Type: -: file, d: directory

Permission: r: read, w: write, x: executable

Rest is self explanatory in above picture.

answered Jan 13 '17 at 14:05

Rahul

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '17 at 13:38

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Some extra info: do a

stat {filename}

and you get more information about the file.

answered Jan 13 '17 at 13:38

Rinzwind

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