Have a look at this screenshot:
$ mkdir someDir
$ cd someDir
$ ls -l
total 0
$ touch someFile
$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 0 Nov 5 01:29 someFile
Pardon for my language used when I installed Ubuntu. Anyways, it is beyond my imagination how come creating an empty file actually creates eight files, alas, the extra seven won't be listed more than have their saying in the statistics. The total column clearly says eight. I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 x86. Also, in my Nautilus file explorer, I have checked the option to view hidden and system files. Maneuvering to the new someDir
directory won't show more than just one file, the someFile
file. So is the total count lying in my face or are there even more hidden files than the "ordinary" hidden files? I'm keen to know exactly what files gets created here, why so, and how come I can't list them.
As a side note, adding the sudo
prefix to the ls -l
command won't make any difference for me.
Thank you so much in advance.