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Ranvir Sahota
9,844 Pointsls and ls -l return nothing (to be clear ls -l return 'total 0')
I'm using bash on Windows 10 that can be installed on the anniversary version. Can someone please explain why they don't return anything and if something is potentially wrong with my installation.
2 Answers
Ali Khaky
2,739 PointsIf you remember from the intro video, Windows is not based on the POSIX Framework (Unix, BSD, Linux, Solaris, etc); this means that there will be many differences between interacting with BASH and interacting with LINUX.
There are similarities, however.
The equivalent command for UBUNTU'S 'ls' command in Windows BASH is the command 'dir' and it works in more or less the same way. Give it a try.
If you choose to use Windows BASH throughout this track, a quick google search for "Windows and UNIX command line equivalents" will provide you with the equivalent Windows prompts for the Unix commands we are learning.
Cheers!
Kingsley Ubani
22,631 PointsYour home directory (assuming this is where ls -l was run) could simply be empty. Try running ls -la as a test. The -a option will display all files, hidden docs as well as the current and parent directories ("." and ".." respectively).