When calling ls on a file in target-shell, the output merely states that the path provided refers to a file.
target-shell output when calling ls -l with a file as argument:
$ ls -l cat
/bin/cat: Is a file
Bash output when calling ls -l with a file as argument:
$ ls -l cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 67928 Jun 22 2025 cat