What command should I use to display specific information about a directory, not its content?

Question

I need to know how to display info about a directory itself.

I have tried using ls -l on the directory where the directory I wanted to know about was in, but had no luck.

Answer 1

Use this command (The -d flag will make ls display only directories):

ls -ld directoryname

If you are looking for more detailed info, you can use the stat command (more info on stat):

stat directoryname

Here is an example of what stat will return: