View home folders using Mac command line

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You will use ls to View home folders, for example

Last login: Tue Jan 24 10:58:48 on ttys000
Client5:~ ladmin$ ls
Desktop Downloads Movies Pictures
Documents Library Music Public
Client5:~ ladmin$
Client5:~ ladmin$

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ls -l will give more details.

Last login: Tue Jan 24 11:12:15 on ttys000
Client5:~ ladmin$ ls -l
total 0
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff 136 Jan 24 11:06 Desktop
drwx------+ 5 ladmin staff 170 Jan 24 10:52 Documents
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff 136 Jan 23 12:32 Downloads
drwx------@ 33 ladmin staff 1122 Jan 23 15:07 Library
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff 102 Jan 23 12:32 Movies
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff 102 Jan 23 12:32 Music
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff 136 Jan 23 12:32 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 ladmin staff 170 Jan 23 12:32 Public
Client5:~ ladmin$

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-l means give a long-format listing. If you want to view file flags, us O (capital O). for example

Client5:~ ladmin$ ls -lO
total 0
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 24 11:06 Desktop
drwx------+ 5 ladmin staff - 170 Jan 24 10:52 Documents
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 23 12:32 Downloads
drwx------@ 33 ladmin staff hidden 1122 Jan 23 15:07 Library
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff - 102 Jan 23 12:32 Movies
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff - 102 Jan 23 12:32 Music
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 23 12:32 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 ladmin staff - 170 Jan 23 12:32 Public

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-A option will give additional files, all beginning with a period.

Client5:~ ladmin$ ls -lOA
total 40
-rw------- 1 ladmin staff compressed 3 Jan 23 12:32 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@ 1 ladmin staff - 12292 Jan 24 11:19 .DS_Store
drwx------ 5 ladmin staff - 170 Jan 24 11:06 .Trash
-rw------- 1 ladmin staff - 123 Jan 24 11:18 .bash_history
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 24 11:06 Desktop
drwx------+ 5 ladmin staff - 170 Jan 24 10:52 Documents
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 23 12:32 Downloads
drwx------@ 33 ladmin staff hidden 1122 Jan 23 15:07 Library
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff - 102 Jan 23 12:32 Movies
drwx------+ 3 ladmin staff - 102 Jan 23 12:32 Music
drwx------+ 4 ladmin staff - 136 Jan 23 12:32 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 ladmin staff - 170 Jan 23 12:32 Public