List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.
- -a, --all
- do not hide entries starting with .
- -A, --almost-all
- do not list implied . and ..
- -b, --escape
- print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
- --block-size=SIZE
- use SIZE-byte blocks
- -B, --ignore-backups
- do not list implied entries ending with ~
- -c
- with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last
modification of file status information)
with -l: show ctime and sort by name
otherwise: sort by ctime
- -C
- list entries by columns
- --color[=WHEN]
- control whether color is used to distinguish file
types. WHEN may be `never', `always', or `auto'
- -d, --directory
- list directory entries instead of contents
- -D, --dired
- generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
- -f
- do not sort, enable -aU, disable -lst
- -F, --classify
- append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
- --format=WORD
- across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l,
single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
- --full-time
- list both full date and full time
- -g
- (ignored)
- -G, --no-group
- inhibit display of group information
- -h, --human-readable
- print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
- --si
- likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
- -H
- same as `--si' for now; soon to change
to conform to POSIX
- --indicator-style=WORD append indicator with style WORD to entry names:
- none (default), classify (-F), file-type (-p)
- -i, --inode
- print index number of each file
- -I, --ignore=PATTERN
- do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
- -k, --kilobytes
- like --block-size=1024
- -l
- use a long listing format
- -L, --dereference
- list entries pointed to by symbolic links
- -m
- fill width with a comma separated list of entries
- -n, --numeric-uid-gid
- list numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names
- -N, --literal
- print raw entry names (don't treat e.g. control
characters specially)
- -o
- use long listing format without group info
- -p, --file-type
- append indicator (one of /=@|) to entries
- -q, --hide-control-chars
- print ? instead of non graphic characters
- --show-control-chars
- show non graphic characters as-is (default
unless program is `ls' and output is a terminal)
- -Q, --quote-name
- enclose entry names in double quotes
- --quoting-style=WORD
- use quoting style WORD for entry names:
literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c, escape
- -r, --reverse
- reverse order while sorting
- -R, --recursive
- list subdirectories recursively
- -s, --size
- print size of each file, in blocks
- -S
- sort by file size
- --sort=WORD
- extension -X, none -U, size -S, time -t,
version -v
- status -c, time -t, atime -u, access -u, use -u
- --time=WORD
- show time as WORD instead of modification time:
atime, access, use, ctime or status; use
specified time as sort key if --sort=time
- -t
- sort by modification time
- -T, --tabsize=COLS
- assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
- -u
- with -lt: sort by, and show, access time
with -l: show access time and sort by name
otherwise: sort by access time
- -U
- do not sort; list entries in directory order
- -v
- sort by version
- -w, --width=COLS
- assume screen width instead of current value
- -x
- list entries by lines instead of by columns
- -X
- sort alphabetically by entry extension
- -1
- list one file per line
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is
equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the
optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With
--color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is connected
to a terminal (tty).
