$ ls -al fred
ls: cannot access 'fred': No such file or directory
$ mkdir fred
$ 

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$ ls -al fred
total 0
$ 

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$ ls -al fred
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 ken staff  68 Jan 31 12:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 ken staff 612 Jan 31 12:57 ..
$