Unix: How to check permissions of a specific directory?

Question

I know that using `ls -l "directory/directory/filename"` tells me the permissions of a file. How do I do the same on a directory? I could obviously use `ls -l` on the directory higher in the hierarchy and then just scroll till I find it but it's such a pain. If I use `ls -l` on the actual directory, it gives the permissions/information of the files inside of it, and not of the actual directory. I tried this in the terminal of both Mac OS X 10.5 and Linux (Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon), and it's the same result. Is there some sort of flag I should be using?

Answer 1

Try this:

ls -ld some-directory