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macos terminal macOS Terminal ls not listing all files (visiblebut they are all visible through finder)the Finder

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I have an external USB drive with about 4TB of files on it. These show up in Finder just findfine, but when I use terminal it only shows a single file. Even hidden system directories such as .Trashes.Trashes aren't visible or accessible. I tried different ways of listing files.

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Here is how the disk is formatted:

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I have used Disk Utility to unmount then repair the drive. This took about 4 hours and fixed all the reported problems, and rebooted my Mac. The files seem to work fine through Finder apps.

What could be going on?

I have an external USB drive with about 4TB of files on it. These show up in Finder just find, but when I use terminal it only shows a single file. Even hidden system directories such as .Trashes aren't visible or accessible. I tried different ways of listing files.

enter image description here

Here is how the disk is formatted

enter image description here

I have used Disk Utility to unmount then repair the drive. This took about 4 hours and fixed all the reported problems, and rebooted my Mac. The files seem to work fine through Finder apps.

What could be going on?

I have an external USB drive with about 4TB of files on it. These show up in Finder just fine, but when I use terminal it only shows a single file. Even hidden system directories such as .Trashes aren't visible or accessible. I tried different ways of listing files.

enter image description here

Here is how the disk is formatted:

enter image description here

I have used Disk Utility to unmount then repair the drive. This took about 4 hours and fixed all the reported problems, and rebooted my Mac. The files seem to work fine through Finder apps.

What could be going on?

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macos terminal ls not listing all files (visible through finder)

I have an external USB drive with about 4TB of files on it. These show up in Finder just find, but when I use terminal it only shows a single file. Even hidden system directories such as .Trashes aren't visible or accessible. I tried different ways of listing files.

enter image description here

Here is how the disk is formatted

enter image description here

I have used Disk Utility to unmount then repair the drive. This took about 4 hours and fixed all the reported problems, and rebooted my Mac. The files seem to work fine through Finder apps.

What could be going on?