Not able to understand the output of ls -sin

[Former Member]

HI all,

When i try to access the output ls -isn .I am not able to understand the output .Can anybody help me understand the output.

ls -isn

total 25969

255223 4 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1303 Apr 8 20:54 dev_rout

255885 3 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 842 Apr 8 20:55 dev_sapstart

254485 2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 6251 201 57 Jan 13 02:47 Download_Manager -> /export/home/hlgadm/SAP_Download_Manager/Download_Manager

260129 4 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1298 Feb 24 20:40 HLG_J2EE.txt

255880 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 129 Apr 8 20:54 JdbcCon.log

254775 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 136 Nov 28 05:37 local.cshrc

254776 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 157 Nov 28 05:37 local.login

254777 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 174 Nov 28 05:37 local.profile

258573 25879 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 13205668 Mar 1 22:27 Rules.txt

254877 3 drwxr-xr-x 3 6251 201 3 Dec 3 02:24 SAP

254209 2 -rw-r----- 1 6251 201 477 Nov 28 21:37 sdtstart.err

254469 8 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 3278 Mar 13 02:31 startdb.log

254468 23 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 11058 Apr 8 20:54 startsap_.log

254487 6 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1821 Apr 8 20:55 startsap_JC00.log

254470 6 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1692 Apr 8 20:55 startsap_SCS01.log

255635 5 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1760 Mar 13 02:30 stopdb.log

255631 8 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 3104 Apr 8 20:52 stopsap_.log

255632 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 288 Apr 8 20:52 stopsap_JC00.log

255634 2 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 290 Apr 8 20:52 stopsap_SCS01.log

257564 4 -rw-rr 1 6251 201 1482 Dec 23 11:46 trans.log

[stefan_koehler · Accepted solution]

Hello Ambarish,

it is documented in the man page:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds3/ls.htm

-i 	 Displays the i-node number in the first column of the report for each file.
-s 	 Gives size in kilobytes (including indirect blocks) for each entry.
-n 	 Displays the same information as the -l flag, except that the -n flag displays the user and the group IDs instead of the user and group names.

Regards

Stefan

[Former Member]

Hi Ambarish

Try to understand the output by comparing the ouput of ls -l and with individual flag outputs:

like if we take an example of ls -l

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$ ls -l

total 40

drwxrwxr-x 24 orai36 dba 4096 Apr 08 10:28 I36

drwxS- 3 root dba 256 Jan 25 13:31 P10

drwxrwxr-x 33 oras10 dba 4096 Feb 15 08:17 S10

drwxr-s--- 3 orai36 dba 256 Jun 24 2008 admin

drwxr-sr-x 5 orai36 dba 256 Jun 17 2008 client

drwxrwxr-x 2 orai36 dba 256 Jul 05 2006 lost+found

drwxrws--- 7 orai36 dba 4096 Feb 15 05:46 oraInventory

drwxrws--- 7 orai36 dba 4096 Jan 18 13:59 oraInventory.10204Jan18

drwxrws--- 5 orai36 dba 256 Jun 18 2008 oraInventory.18JUN

drwxrwxrwx 13 orai36 dba 4096 Jun 18 2008 oraInventory.920_64.Jun08

drwxr-s--- 3 orai36 dba 256 Jun 24 2008 oradata

drwxrwxr-x 5 orai36 dba 256 Feb 10 14:14 stage

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$ pwd

/oracle

man page shows help for ls -ls as below:

-l

(Lower case L) Displays the mode, number of links, owner, group,

size (in bytes), and time of last modification for each file. If

the file is a special file, the size field contains the major and

minor device numbers. If the time of last modification is greater

than six months ago, the time field is shown in the format month

date year where as files modified within six months the time field

is shown as month date time format.

Similarily for ls -i :

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$ ls -i

32 I36

627582 P10

627567 S10

223033 admin

106628 client

188508 lost+found

222930 oraInventory

618560 oraInventory.10204Jan18

221184 oraInventory.18JUN

221191 oraInventory.920_64.Jun08

223031 oradata

307200 stage

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$

as shown above, it shows only the inode numbers for specific files or directories listed

man help for ls -i:

-i

Displays the i-node number in the first column of the report for

each file.

For ls -s

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$ ls -s

total 20 4 oraInventory

4 I36 4 oraInventory.10204Jan18

0 P10 0 oraInventory.18JUN

4 S10 4 oraInventory.920_64.Jun08

0 admin 0 oradata

0 client 0 stage

0 lost+found

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$

As shown above, now listing is not sorted as in ls -l command, but listed filenames are shown only with filesize specified with number of K blocks

man help for ls -s

-s

Gives size in kilobytes (including indirect blocks) for each

entry.

For ls -n

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$ ls -n

total 40

drwxrwxr-x 24 216 207 4096 Apr 08 10:28 I36

drwxS- 3 0 207 256 Jan 25 13:31 P10

drwxrwxr-x 33 310 207 4096 Feb 15 08:17 S10

drwxr-s--- 3 216 207 256 Jun 24 2008 admin

drwxr-sr-x 5 216 207 256 Jun 17 2008 client

drwxrwxr-x 2 216 207 256 Jul 05 2006 lost+found

drwxrws--- 7 216 207 4096 Feb 15 05:46 oraInventory

drwxrws--- 7 216 207 4096 Jan 18 13:59 oraInventory.10204Jan18

drwxrws--- 5 216 207 256 Jun 18 2008 oraInventory.18JUN

drwxrwxrwx 13 216 207 4096 Jun 18 2008 oraInventory.920_64.Jun08

drwxr-s--- 3 216 207 256 Jun 24 2008 oradata

drwxrwxr-x 5 216 207 256 Feb 10 14:14 stage

inbhsha@r3lpar15(/oracle)$

As shown above, now the owner or userid and groupid are shown in numerics instead of orai36 and dba as those were there in ls -l

man help for ls -n

-n

Displays the same information as the -l flag, except that the -n

flag displays the user and the group IDs instead of the user and

group names

Hence, in your command output:

first column: inode number

2nd: no. of links

3rd: mode or permissions

4th: user or owner id in numeric

5th: groupid in numeric

6th: size

7th: datetime

8th:file/directory name

thanks

Bhudev