Unexpected output from command ls -1

[53om]

Hello!

I'm pretty new to Linux and using the command line.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04

When I try to view the permission for a directory using ls -1, I just get a listing of the files and subdirectories in the folder. I thought ls -1 would give you output that might look something like this:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 me me 1097374 Sep 26 18:48 some_file

instead I get something like this:

Desktop
Downloads
Music
Pictures
etc
etc
etc

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[Vaphell]

ls -l

always check commands by using them with --help. Most show list of available options

$ ls --help

-l                         use a long listing format

-1                         list one file per line

[JKyleOKC]

To get what you want, the "-l" option should be a lower-case L, not the numeral 1. Many fonts don't make the difference obvious visually.