tail -n +2
ignora a primeira linha (tamanho total do arquivo).
$ ls -lh
total 79K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 28 15:05 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3.0K Feb 28 15:05 boot
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.3K Dec 3 06:43 dev
drwxr-xr-x 112 root root 4.0K Feb 28 15:06 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Aug 29 2012 home
$ ls -lh | tail -n +2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 28 15:05 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3.0K Feb 28 15:05 boot
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.3K Dec 3 06:43 dev
drwxr-xr-x 112 root root 4.0K Feb 28 15:06 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Aug 29 2012 home
É melhor se houver algum processamento adicional que espere apenas a listagem.
ls -dlh *
fará o mesmo.