the 2nd column dipicts the number of hard links to the file's inode.
and the 5th column dipicts the size of the file in bytes
q in ur case is a directory ... which has 12 links set to it.
Since directory is also a file when it is created the number of links to the
inode is set to one. Inside every directory 2 files are always created a .
and a ..
the dot file is actually a hard link to the same directory file. so a . file
inside the q directory is a hard link to q. That is why when u create a
directory the number of links are set to 2.
When ever u create a new immediate subdirectory inside this directory (q)
the number of links for q increases by one. and this is because inside this
new sub directory the '..' file is a hardlink to 'q' directory.
(So my guess is that you will have 10 sub directories inside the q
directory.)
Hope this helps
sumeet
>Hi
>
>Can someone explain me the meaning of numbers for the output of ls -l
>command (column 2 and column 5)
>
>regards
>sanjay
>
>
>drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 18432 Apr 16 19:34 q
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