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From: dubois@primate.wisc.edu (Paul DuBois)
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Skynet1@cris.com writes:
> With the LS command, what isd the number after the permission bits specify?
> At os sometimes it is a 1 and sometimes 2 or even 5644....what does it mean?

Try "man ls" sometime.

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