ls and dir doesn't show anything on debian 10 solved

[stan_willems]

I've installed debian 10 32bit on a laptop and tried to use ls but then it prints nothing. And when I use ls -a I get this:

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root@acer-aspire-one:~# ls  //This prints nothing
root@acer-aspire-one:~# ls -a
.  ..  .bashrc  .profile

And dir doesn't show anything either

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root@acer-aspire-one:~# dir  //This prints nothing
root@acer-aspire-one:~# dir -a
.  ..  .bashrc  .profile

[roseway]

If you use ls or dir without any parameters it prints the contents of the current directory. In your example you're logged in as root and the current directory is /root. On installation /root is empty, so your result it expected. Try specifying a directory path, e.g.:

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ls /bin

[cuckooflew]

The answer given by roseway is correct,but I would like to add some comments.
First ,some advice,you probably should exit root and login as normal user, it is very risky working as root when you still do not know any basics.
As you can see the 'ls-a' does show the hidden files,as it should.
Try

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# login <username> 

Let us know what that shows, where i show <username> would be the user name you set when you installed. After you become a normal user, try using :

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$ cd /home/<username> 

then the 'ls' command,since this is a fresh install ,the /home/user directory may be empty as well,it might have some directories that are default, eg: Desktop,Documents,Downloads,etc....these also would be empty.
You can type the help command,and get a list of some commands, there is much more yu can do, I suggest reading one of the many tutorials on basic Linux commands, if for some reason you can not use a search engine, please tell us, me or someone else can post some links to some tutorials.

[stan_willems]

Hi, I've logged into my user account and it gives this output

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stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ ls
help
stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ cd /Instagram-Scheduler
stan@acer-aspire-one:/Instagram-Scheduler$

So ls doens't show the folder Instagram-Scheduler but I can cd into it.

And what Eric says works

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stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ ls /bin
'['                                   netcat
 2to3-2.7                             networkctl
 aa-enabled                           newgrp
 aa-exec                              ngettext
 addpart                              nice
 apropos                              nisdomainname
 apt                                  nl
//And so on

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Hi, I've logged into my user account and it gives this output

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stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ ls
help
stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ cd /Instagram-Scheduler
stan@acer-aspire-one:/Instagram-Scheduler$

So ls doens't show the folder Instagram-Scheduler but I can cd into it.

You called the full path for the cd command so the Instagram-Scheduler directory isn't in your home directory.

Try

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ls /

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(com ... tive_paths

[stan_willems]

Hi, I've logged into my user account and it gives this output

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stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ ls
help
stan@acer-aspire-one:~$ cd /Instagram-Scheduler
stan@acer-aspire-one:/Instagram-Scheduler$

So ls doens't show the folder Instagram-Scheduler but I can cd into it.

You called the full path for the cd command so the Instagram-Scheduler directory isn't in your home directory.

Try

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ls /

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(com ... tive_paths

Oh, thanks
Now I understand.
How do you close a post?

[cuckooflew]

You edit the subject line on your first post, add the word solved to it. The topic never gets closed, someone may have additional comments or questions later, but adding the word solved lets everyone know you have solved it, it also helps on the search engines when someone searches for answers to a similar question or problem.