Linux ls one file per line

Linux list one file per line using ls -1 (Number One)

By default linux ls command prints file names in a single line.If for some purpose you need to list one file name per line , you can use option -1

ls -1

Add option -a to list hidden files also

ls -a1

Below is the output of an example:

j@ubuntu:~/tmp$ ls -1
dir1
dir2
file1
file2
j@ubuntu:~/tmp$ ls -1a
.
..
.config
dir1
dir2
file1
file2
j@ubuntu:~/tmp$

Alternatives

ls | cat

OR

ls | xargs -n 1 echo

OR

ls | tr " " "\n"