Listing Files Commands (ls) + Metacharacters (*,?,[ ]) - UNIX/LINUX Tutorials for beginners
Commands used in this video:
ls : Lists the contents of the current or specified directory
ls -a : Lists the hidden files too
ls * : Lists the sub-contents of each contents of the current or specified directory
ls p* : Lists all the files whose names begin with p
ls ?ain : Lists all four character filenames which ends with 'ain'
ls [aeiou]* : It indicates that the first character of the filename to be listed must be any one of the letters given within the square brackets and the remaining can be anything
ls [!aeiou]* : ! symbol complements