According to the StarOffice 5.2 FAQ (that I found at http://www.sun.com/staroffice/ ), a MacOS compatible version is planned for release late this year. I'm sure I read somewhere (possibly on /.) that StarOffice 6.0 will be available for MacOS X. I'll look for that article.
Oh good!! I was asking the question as in your example. My example should have read "ls -aRl" This lists all the files, including hidden, and any sub-directories recursively all in one column.
Bob
Try the following websites.
http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/
http://www.ugu.com/
http://www.UnixPower.org/
'man' pages are great if you need your memory 'jogged' and already know *NIX, but aren't much help to the beginner.