You may better understand this as the number of copies of this file that exist on the
system. Files almost always have just one link/copy. Directories nearly always have
at least two because each directory is linked in its parent directory.
. After the link counter, you see the Owner of the file. Because we created the file logged
in as user mikemc, mikemc is the owner. In this case, this user is the only person who
can edit this file (that is, make changes to and write back to the hard drive). The Owner
can be changed by either the current Owner or by Root using the chown command.
. After the Owner is identified, you see the Group (users) assigned to this file. This
means that all users on the system can read the file, but cannot write (save changes)
to it. As with any read-only file, other users can save changes in a different location
or with a different filename. The Group assignment can be changed by the Owner
or by Root using the chgrp command.
. The file size and creation date are defined in the last columns. This file is empty; if
the file had content, the size would be defined in bytes.
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