Multiple choice technology operating systems

How can a short description of what the ls command does be obtained?

  1. Whereis ls

  2. Whatis ls

  3. Whatis -ls

  4. Whereis -ls

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The whatis command searches the man pages for the specified command name and returns a brief, one-line description of its functionality. The whereis command finds binary, source, and manual files, but does not provide a text description.