anjanesh,
The reason
ls doesn't show hidden files is that there are other options you must pass to the command. Type
man ls to learn more, but to see hidden files as well as regular files type
ls -a, to see the files as a list with other information, type
ls -l, to see all files (hidden included) as a list, type
ls -al. I almost always use
ls -l because I'm a nerd and like to see lots of data.
MidnightCmdr,
Thanks for the clarification. That explains why I don't have colors for
ls when I login to shell instead of gdm...