# Command Detail - L

## locate

There isn't a builtin PowerShell version of locate, but Chrissy LeMaire's has written an Invoke-Locate script, 'in the spirit of (Linux/Unix) GNU findutils' locate'. It works really well.

<https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Invoke-Locate-PowerShell-0aa2673a>

## ls

The PowerShell equivalent of the Unix *ls* is:

```
Get-ChildItem
```

... for which there are aliases *dir*, *ls* and *gci*

### ls -a

In linux, *ls -a* displays hidden files as well as 'normal' files.

So *ls* gives:

```
$ ls
README.md
```

but *ls -a* gives

```
$ ls -a
.  ..  .function-prompt.ps1.swp  .git  README.md
```

The Powershell equivalent of *ls -a* is *get-childitem -force*. Here, I've used the alias *ls*

```
$ ls


    Directory: C:\Users\matt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\functions

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name  
----                -------------     ------ ---- 
-a---        04/06/2015     13:20       1422 README.md

$ ls -force

    Directory: C:\Users\matt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\functions


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name               
----                -------------     ------ ----              
d--h-        04/06/2015     13:20            .git             
-a-h-        20/05/2015     17:33      12288 .function-prompt.ps1.swp
-a---        04/06/2015     13:20       1422 README.md
```

### ls -ltr

The Powershell equivalent of the unix *ls -ltr* (or the DOS *dir /OD*), which lists files last update order.

```
dir c:\folder | sort-object -property lastwritetime
```

## lsusb

The unix command *lsusb* shows USB devices. The PowerShell equivalent is:

```
gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice
```

*gwmi* is an alias for *get-wmiobject*