How can I see the permissions of a directory with `ls`?

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I want to see similar output like:

ls -l /etc/php5/php.ini

Which would give me:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40344 Jun 14 14:33 /etc/php5/php.ini

Except the file in question is a directory, and doing ls -l on it would list it's contents.

How can I have it give me that permissions/info for a directory, or is there a better way?

Cristian Ciupitu · Answer 1 · 2010-06-23 23:38:02Z

up vote 8 down vote accepted

Use ls -ld for directories. Quoting from the man page:

-d, --directory
list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links

answered Jun 23 '10 at 23:34

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Andrew · Answer 2 · 2010-06-24 02:05:09Z

up vote 6 down vote

Use stat dirname - just to be different!

answered Jun 24 '10 at 2:05

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+1 for originality ;) – Jacek Konieczny Jun 24 '10 at 6:31

Here's another one just to be different: find /path/to/parent/dir -maxdepth 1 -type d -name dirname -ls – Dennis Williamson Jun 25 '10 at 2:30

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Dennis Williamson · Answer 3 · 2010-06-23 23:34:21Z

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Use the -d option:

ls -ld dirname

answered Jun 23 '10 at 23:34

Ho, you beat by 13s me this time ;) – radius Jun 23 '10 at 23:35

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radius · Answer 4 · 2010-06-23 23:34:34Z

up vote 2 down vote

use the d flag

ls -ld directory_name

answered Jun 23 '10 at 23:34

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