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Linux List files dfference - "ls" vs "ls /"

Never used Linux before and trying to understand the difference between 

ls

and 

ls /

"ls /" gets all my dir (and more, but not .files - hidden files) as we can see it in this extensive list of commands.

What about the ls?

Solution

  • ls is standing for listing directories and files under a directory.

    In your situation, ls (without a directory argument) is going to list directories and files under the current directory(pwd). The other command, ls / is going to list files and directories under the root directory which is /.