The following is a demonstration of lsss on a server that prefers the BSD version of ls, $ lsss total 42 -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 2647 scorpio Nov 9 23:27 3rot13 -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 1148 scorpio Nov 8 22:53 3rot13_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 2827 scorpio Nov 10 13:37 baud -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 4856 scorpio Nov 9 23:15 baud_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 3902 scorpio Nov 7 23:10 icmpcharger -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 3120 scorpio Nov 8 22:28 ishadm -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 1045 scorpio Nov 8 21:35 ishadm_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 2918 sagittari Nov 23 21:34 lsss -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 1552 sagittari Nov 23 21:34 lsss_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 1179 scorpio Nov 8 23:32 maybe -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 538 scorpio Nov 9 16:42 maybe_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 1397 scorpio Nov 9 16:43 onstat -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 152 scorpio Nov 8 23:17 onstat_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 3128 sagittari Nov 23 21:28 psss -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 421 sagittari Nov 23 19:27 todo.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan 1898 scorpio Nov 7 22:29 turbo -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan 267 virgo Sep 23 10:36 turbo_example.txt And running lsss on another directory, $ lsss /etc/default total 49 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root 12 gemini Jun 4 2002 cron -r--r--r-- 1 root 204 gemini Jun 4 2002 devfsadm -r--r--r-- 1 root 3388 gemini Jun 4 2002 dhcpagent -r--r--r-- 1 root 10 gemini Jun 4 2002 fs -r--r--r-- 1 root 719 aquarius Jan 23 2004 inetd -r--r--r-- 1 root 379 gemini Jun 4 2002 inetinit -r-xr-xr-x 1 root 638 gemini Jun 4 2002 init -r--r--r-- 1 root 1182 virgo Sep 15 2002 kbd -r--r--r-- 1 root 523 gemini Jun 4 2002 keyserv -r--r--r-- 1 root 2014 gemini Jun 4 2002 login -r--r--r-- 1 root 14167 aries Apr 15 2002 lu -r--r--r-- 1 root 481 gemini Jun 4 2002 mpathd -rw-r--r-- 1 root 1358 gemini Jun 4 2002 nfs -r--r--r-- 1 root 576 gemini Jun 4 2002 nfslogd -rw-r--r-- 1 root 749 gemini Jun 4 2002 nss -r--r--r-- 1 root 74 cancer Jul 3 2003 passwd -r--r--r-- 1 root 1232 aries Apr 7 2002 power -rw-r--r-- 1 root 5606 aries Apr 7 2002 rpc.nisd -r--r--r-- 1 root 703 gemini Jun 4 2002 su -rw-r--r-- 1 root 834 virgo Aug 28 18:51 sys-suspend -r--r--r-- 1 root 509 gemini Jun 4 2002 syslogd -r--r--r-- 1 root 526 gemini Jun 4 2002 tar -r--r--r-- 1 root 16 gemini Jun 4 2002 utmpd -r--r--r-- 1 root 509 gemini Jun 4 2002 yppasswdd (Experienced admins would have expected most of these to be gemini anyway). The following is a demonstration of lsss on a server that prefers the SVR4 version of ls, $ lsss total 80 -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 2647 scorpio Nov 9 23:27 3rot13 -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 1148 scorpio Nov 8 22:53 3rot13_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 2827 scorpio Nov 10 13:37 baud -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 4856 scorpio Nov 9 23:15 baud_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 3902 scorpio Nov 7 23:10 icmpcharger -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 3120 scorpio Nov 8 22:28 ishadm -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 1045 scorpio Nov 8 21:35 ishadm_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 2919 sagittari Nov 23 21:32 lsss -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 0 sagittari Nov 23 21:32 lsss_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 1179 scorpio Nov 8 23:32 maybe -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 538 scorpio Nov 9 16:42 maybe_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 1397 scorpio Nov 9 16:43 onstat -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 152 scorpio Nov 8 23:17 onstat_example.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 3128 sagittari Nov 23 21:28 psss -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 421 sagittari Nov 23 19:27 todo.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 brendan other 1898 scorpio Nov 7 22:29 turbo -rw-r--r-- 1 brendan other 267 virgo Sep 23 10:36 turbo_example.txt