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No. ls -d is for displaying a directory "the same as" a file, that is not displaying it's content. Example: you want to see all hidden files (beginning with a .), but you don't want to list the whole content of . and ..
too much typing. I usually ploink such things in an alias or function in ~/.bashrc. My most recent entries there were
Code:
alias lrt="ls -lrt" alias cdl="cd $1; ls --color=auto"
I use the lrt command quite a lot, it usually shows he files you are interested in on the last few lines, instead of having to remember how the alphabet works :-)
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