Command 'ls' not working in command prompt

Question

Command 'ls' not working in windows Getting an error while executing 'ls'

'ls' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Preferment

ls is aliased to dir in Powershell, maybe that's where you've seen it being used? – Shadrach

Answer 1

Use the command dir to list all the directories and files in Windows; ls is a unix command.

Housemother

Answer 2

Please follow below steps to fix this

1. download and install git https://git-scm.com/downloads.

2. After git installation is completed,navigate to folder where git is installed. Check in C/Program Files Folder. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Git\bin

3. Add the above location (C:\Program Files\Git\bin) in path variable in system environment variables.

4. Restart cmd and try to run ls and other Linux commands.

It should work now!!`

Bestial

Git bash is not the only bash emulation tool installable but why not – Olecranon

Answer 3

• We don't use ls(List) command in windows.
• Instead of using ls command use dir(Directory) command. This command also displays the total number of files and directories listed.

NOTE:

We can use ls command in Windows PowerShell. It works in PowerShell, shows the files and directories listed.

Ferne