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  1. Display detailed information about the file, including file permissions, owner, group, size, modification date, and so on.<\/li>\n
  2. Display the files by sorting them based on properties such as size and time.<\/li>\n
  3. Display the file size to visually see the amount of disk space the file is taking up.<\/li>\n
  4. Display hidden files (files starting with “.”)<\/li>\n
  5. This can be used to view files and subdirectories in a directory.<\/li>\n
  6. Display the number of hard links for the file.<\/li>\n
  7. This can be used to check the creation time, modification time, and other information of the file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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