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root@beta:~# ll ~/.chef
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-07-13 19:49 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2012-07-13 20:04 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  385 2012-07-13 20:22 knife.rb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1679 2011-12-17 18:40 root.pem
-rw------- 1 root root 1675 2012-07-13 19:49 validation.pem
-rw------- 1 root root 1679 2012-07-13 19:49 webui.pem
root@beta:~# ll
total 52
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4096 2012-07-13 20:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2012-07-06 09:16 ../
-rw-------  1 root root 1370 2011-12-25 17:48 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3106 2011-07-08 17:13 .bashrc
drwx------  2 root root 4096 2011-10-18 14:42 .cache/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2012-07-13 19:49 .chef/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 2012-07-13 18:52 .gem/
drwx------  2 root root 4096 2011-12-17 18:00 .gnupg/
-rw-------  1 root root    1 2011-10-20 21:55 .nano_history
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  140 2011-07-08 17:13 .profile
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1163 2011-12-17 18:01 tee
-rw-------  1 root root 4173 2012-07-13 18:56 .viminfo