On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 07:55:56AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > But also note the difference when using the letter "l" vs the numeral "1": > > westk@westkbox:/opt$ ls -la | wc > 7 56 321 > westk@westkbox:/opt$ ls -1a | wc > 6 6 54 But also note that using ls -l gives a completely wrong answer. wooledg:~$ mkdir /tmp/x && cd "$_" wooledg:/tmp/x$ touch $'this\nis\none\nfile' wooledg:/tmp/x$ ls -l | wc -l 5 Thus, <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/004>.