Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: ls command returns nothing at root level

On the new Bash on Ubuntu on Windows app on Windows 10, I tried to run ls from the starting directory to see the subdirectories but nothing comes up. I don't really know the directory structure so I'm not sure how to proceed next. What am I doing wrong here? I'm sure this is totally noob of me but I'm not sure what else to do.

Solution 1:

it probably just means the folder is empty (or only contain hidden files). you can try ls -a (or ll) to see hidden files (including . and ..) and see that it works.

you can also try to create files and folders then rerun the command to see your created files and folders.