If you just use the ls command without any options the output will be displayed in one line,
Example:code2care@mac ~ % ls
Desktop Downloads Movies Pictures
Documents Library Music PublicIf you want the output to be displayed one entry per line, use -1 (number 1) optional parameter with the ls command.
Example on macOS terminal:code2care@mac ~ % ls -1
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Library
Movies
Music
Pictures
Public
ls command to show one entry per line
If you want to see more details about the directories and files you can make use of ls -l (lowercase letter l) command,
Example:code2care@mac ~ % ls -l
total 0
drwx------+ 5 code2care staff 160 Jan 10 14:10 Desktop
drwx------+ 3 code2care staff 96 Jan 2 23:03 Documents
drwx------+ 3 code2care staff 96 Jan 2 23:03 Downloads
drwx------@ 68 code2care staff 2176 Jan 6 20:29 Library
drwx------ 4 code2care staff 128 Jan 2 23:33 Movies
drwx------+ 6 code2care staff 192 Jan 5 22:37 Music
drwx------+ 4 code2care staff 128 Jan 2 23:28 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 4 code2care staff 128 Jan 2 23:03 Public
ls command with -l option output
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