diff --git a/cmd/fs/fs.go b/cmd/fs/fs.go
index 74d725d4e..8c6d03410 100644
--- a/cmd/fs/fs.go
+++ b/cmd/fs/fs.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ var fsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:    "fs",
 	Short:  "Filesystem related commands",
 	Long:   `Commands to do DBFS operations.`,
-	Hidden: true,
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/fs/ls.go b/cmd/fs/ls.go
index ac1923857..d8626f299 100644
--- a/cmd/fs/ls.go
+++ b/cmd/fs/ls.go
@@ -2,22 +2,76 @@ package fs
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/root"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/cmdio"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/filer"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // lsCmd represents the ls command
 var lsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:    "ls <dir-name>",
-	Short:  "Lists files",
-	Long:   `Lists files`,
-	Hidden: true,
+	Use:     "ls <dir-name>",
+	Short:   "Lists files",
+	Long:    `Lists files`,
+	Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	PreRunE: root.MustWorkspaceClient,
+	Annotations: map[string]string{
+		"template_long": cmdio.Heredoc(`
+		{{range .}}{{if .IsDir}}DIRECTORY {{else}}FILE      {{end}}{{.Size}} {{.ModTime|pretty_date}} {{.Name}}
+		{{end}}
+		`),
+		"template": cmdio.Heredoc(`
+		{{range .}}{{.Name}}
+		{{end}}
+		`),
+	},
 
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		return fmt.Errorf("TODO")
+		ctx := cmd.Context()
+		w := root.WorkspaceClient(ctx)
+
+		fileUri, err := url.Parse(args[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Only dbfs file scheme is supported
+		if fileUri.Scheme != filer.DbfsScheme {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected dbfs path (with the dbfs:/ prefix): %s", args[0])
+		}
+
+		f, err := filer.NewDbfsClient(w, fileUri.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		entries, err := f.ReadDir(ctx, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		lsOutputs := make([]lsOutput, 0)
+		for _, entry := range entries {
+			parsedEntry, err := toLsOutput(entry)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			lsOutputs = append(lsOutputs, *parsedEntry)
+		}
+
+		// Use template for long mode if the flag is set
+		if longMode {
+			return cmdio.RenderWithTemplate(ctx, lsOutputs, "template_long")
+		}
+		return cmdio.Render(ctx, lsOutputs)
 	},
 }
 
+var longMode bool
+
 func init() {
+	lsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&longMode, "long", "l", false, "Displays full information including size, file type  and modification time since Epoch in milliseconds.")
 	fsCmd.AddCommand(lsCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/fs/ls_output.go b/cmd/fs/ls_output.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8728b046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/fs/ls_output.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type lsOutput struct {
+	Name    string    `json:"name"`
+	IsDir   bool      `json:"is_directory"`
+	Size    int64     `json:"size"`
+	ModTime time.Time `json:"last_modified"`
+}
+
+func toLsOutput(f fs.DirEntry) (*lsOutput, error) {
+	info, err := f.Info()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &lsOutput{
+		Name:    f.Name(),
+		IsDir:   f.IsDir(),
+		Size:    info.Size(),
+		ModTime: info.ModTime(),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root/io.go b/cmd/root/io.go
index 93830c804..07db9e0a0 100644
--- a/cmd/root/io.go
+++ b/cmd/root/io.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package root
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/cmdio"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/flags"
@@ -27,13 +28,14 @@ func OutputType() flags.Output {
 }
 
 func initializeIO(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	var template string
-	if cmd.Annotations != nil {
-		// rely on zeroval being an empty string
-		template = cmd.Annotations["template"]
+	templates := make(map[string]string, 0)
+	for k, v := range cmd.Annotations {
+		if strings.Contains(k, "template") {
+			templates[k] = v
+		}
 	}
 
-	cmdIO := cmdio.NewIO(outputType, cmd.InOrStdin(), cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd.ErrOrStderr(), template)
+	cmdIO := cmdio.NewIO(outputType, cmd.InOrStdin(), cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd.ErrOrStderr(), templates)
 	ctx := cmdio.InContext(cmd.Context(), cmdIO)
 	cmd.SetContext(ctx)
 
diff --git a/internal/ls_test.go b/internal/ls_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8807a5d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ls_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+package internal
+
diff --git a/libs/cmdio/io.go b/libs/cmdio/io.go
index beaa85717..4f134c510 100644
--- a/libs/cmdio/io.go
+++ b/libs/cmdio/io.go
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ type cmdIO struct {
 	// e.g. if stdout is a terminal
 	interactive  bool
 	outputFormat flags.Output
-	template     string
+	templates    map[string]string
 	in           io.Reader
 	out          io.Writer
 	err          io.Writer
 }
 
-func NewIO(outputFormat flags.Output, in io.Reader, out io.Writer, err io.Writer, template string) *cmdIO {
+func NewIO(outputFormat flags.Output, in io.Reader, out io.Writer, err io.Writer, templates map[string]string) *cmdIO {
 	return &cmdIO{
 		interactive:  !color.NoColor,
 		outputFormat: outputFormat,
-		template:     template,
+		templates:    templates,
 		in:           in,
 		out:          out,
 		err:          err,
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ func (c *cmdIO) IsTTY() bool {
 	return isatty.IsTerminal(fd) || isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(fd)
 }
 
-func (c *cmdIO) Render(v any) error {
+func (c *cmdIO) Render(v any, templateName string) error {
 	// TODO: add terminal width & white/dark theme detection
 	switch c.outputFormat {
 	case flags.OutputJSON:
 		return renderJson(c.out, v)
 	case flags.OutputText:
-		if c.template != "" {
-			return renderTemplate(c.out, c.template, v)
+		if c.templates[templateName] != "" {
+			return renderTemplate(c.out, c.templates[templateName], v)
 		}
 		return renderJson(c.out, v)
 	default:
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ func (c *cmdIO) Render(v any) error {
 
 func Render(ctx context.Context, v any) error {
 	c := fromContext(ctx)
-	return c.Render(v)
+	return c.Render(v, "template")
+}
+
+func RenderWithTemplate(ctx context.Context, v any, templateName string) error {
+	c := fromContext(ctx)
+	return c.Render(v, templateName)
 }
 
 type tuple struct{ Name, Id string }
diff --git a/libs/cmdio/render.go b/libs/cmdio/render.go
index 8aff2b8d2..063d7cbcb 100644
--- a/libs/cmdio/render.go
+++ b/libs/cmdio/render.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"text/template"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/nwidger/jsoncolor"
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ func renderTemplate(w io.Writer, tmpl string, v any) error {
 			}
 			return string(b), nil
 		},
+		"pretty_date": func(t time.Time) string {
+			return t.UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z")
+		},
 	}).Parse(tmpl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/libs/filer/dbfs_client.go b/libs/filer/dbfs_client.go
index 67878136b..293ea3996 100644
--- a/libs/filer/dbfs_client.go
+++ b/libs/filer/dbfs_client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
+const DbfsScheme = "dbfs"
+
 // Type that implements fs.DirEntry for DBFS.
 type dbfsDirEntry struct {
 	dbfsFileInfo