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ls and dir doesn't show anything on debian 10

I've installed debian 10 32bit on a laptop and tried to use ls but then it prints nothing. And when I use ls -a I get this:

root@acer-aspire-one:~# ls  //This prints nothing
root@acer-aspire-one:~# ls -a
.  ..  .bashrc  .profile

And dir doesn't show anything either

root@acer-aspire-one:~# dir  //This prints nothing
root@acer-aspire-one:~# dir -a
.  ..  .bashrc  .profile
Solution

  • Your current path is ~, which is the current user's (root) home folder. That folder is empty an a fresh installation apart from a few hidden files which ls -a is showing.

    So ls is doing its job.

    To make it list a specific path, for example the /, you can run ls / or first cd into that path like this:

    cd /
ls