What this snippet does
-l gives the long listing and -h prints sizes in human-readable units.
Expected output
total 84M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.2M Jul 28 09:14 syslog
Why practise typing this
Typing files & directories code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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