When you issue the command ls -l, what does the first character of the resulting display represent?

Question

Write a unix command to display the every character in the word "QUERYHOME" in new line.

Ex : Input - QUERYHOME
output: Q
U
E
R
Y
H
O
M
E

Answer 1

Total no. of disk blocks that occupied by current directory.
First character indicates the permission given for that file