ls command lists each file on separate line

Birdman48 · 04-11-2015, 01:27 AM

Don't know how but now when I use ls I get list of files and directories on their own lines. I want the default behavior I had before. When I cd into another directory I have default behavior - horizontal list of files and folders.

veerain · 04-11-2015, 02:17 AM

Do:

Code:

ls -C
alias ls='ls -C '

rknichols · 04-11-2015, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Birdman48

Don't know how but now when I use ls I get list of files and directories on their own lines. I want the default behavior I had before. When I cd into another directory I have default behavior - horizontal list of files and folders.

That just sounds like a directory that contains a file with a really long name, such that ls doesn't have room for a 2nd column.

Birdman48 · 04-11-2015, 02:10 PM

You are correct - when I went full size window it was good. Thanks

Habitual · 04-12-2015, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Birdman48

I want the default behavior I had before. When I cd into another directory I have default behavior - horizontal list of files and folders.

Uh, before what?
2 things to check/try:

Let's see what the system thinks of ls and cd, so open a terminal and issue:

Code:

type ls cd

Typical output is similar to

Code:

ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
cd is a shell builtin

IF

Code:

alias ls cd

doesn't show this for the cd output, you found the problem:
cd is a shell builtin

You can alter any alias's behavior short term by issuing

Code:

\ls

and long term by editing ~/.basrhc

Is there anything 'special' in your ~/.bashrc?

Assuming non-root user.

Edit: Seems you found the larger display/term working then.

Good job.