ls

Use ls to display detailed information about the files and subdirectories under the current directory on the FTP server.

Use ls remotefile to display detailed information about a specific file or directory on the FTP server.

Use ls remotefile localfile to save detailed information about a specific file or directory on the FTP server to a local file.

Syntax

ls [ remotefile [ localfile ] ]

Views

FTP client view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

mdc-admin

Parameters

remotefile: Specifies the file name or directory on the FTP server.

localfile: Specifies the local file used to save the displayed information.

Usage guidelines

You can perform this operation only after you log in to the FTP server.

In FTP client view, executing the ls command is the same as executing the dir command.

Examples

# Display detailed information about the files and subdirectories under the current directory on the FTP server.

ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,153,116,114,11,181)
150 File Listing Follows in ASCII mode
drwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        0 Apr  8 15:19 .
drwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        0 Apr  8 15:19 ..
-rwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup     6324 Apr  8 14:48 1.txt
-rwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup 97401856 Feb 27 12:28 10500.ipe
-rwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        1 Apr  8 15:20 3.txt
-rwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        1 Apr  8 15:20 4.txt
drwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        0 Mar 26 14:30 Compatiable
drwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        0 Mar 26 14:30 Incompatiable
drwxrwxrwx   1 noone    nogroup        0 Apr  1 15:34 aa
226 Transfer finished successfully
226 11 matches total

Related commands

dir