DIR
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NAME
dir - list directory contentsSYNOPSIS
dir [OPTION]... [FILE]...DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -a, --all
- do not ignore entries starting with .
- -A, --almost-all
- do not list implied . and ..
- --author
- with -l, print the author of each file
- -b, --escape
- print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
- --block-size=SIZE
- use SIZE-byte blocks. See SIZE format below
- -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]
- colorize the output. WHEN defaults to `always' or can be `never' or `auto'. More info below
- -d, --directory
- list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links
- -D, --dired
- generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
- -f
- do not sort, enable -aU, disable -ls --color
- -F, --classify
- append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
- --file-type
- likewise, except do not append `*'
- --format=WORD
- across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
- --full-time
- like -l --time-style=full-iso
- -g
- like -l, but do not list owner
- --group-directories-first
- group directories before files.
- augment with a --sort option, but any use of --sort=none (-U) disables grouping
- -G, --no-group
- in a long listing, don't print group names
- -h, --human-readable
- with -l, print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
- --si
- likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
- -H, --dereference-command-line
- follow symbolic links listed on the command line
- --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
- follow each command line symbolic link that points to a directory
- --hide=PATTERN
- do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN (overridden by -a or -A)
- --indicator-style=WORD
- append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), slash (-p), file-type (--file-type), classify (-F)
- -i, --inode
- print the index number of each file
- -I, --ignore=PATTERN
- do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
- -k
- like --block-size=1K
- -l
- use a long listing format
- -L, --dereference
- when showing file information for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link references rather than for the link itself
- -m
- fill width with a comma separated list of entries
- -n, --numeric-uid-gid
- like -l, but list numeric user and group IDs
- -N, --literal
- print raw entry names (don't treat e.g. control characters specially)
- -o
- like -l, but do not list group information
- -p, --indicator-style=slash
- append / indicator to directories
- -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 the allocated size of each file, in blocks
- -S
- sort by file size
- --sort=WORD
- sort by WORD instead of name: none -U, extension -X, size -S, time -t, version -v
- --time=WORD
- with -l, show time as WORD instead of modification time: atime -u, access -u, use -u, ctime -c, or status -c; use specified time as sort key if --sort=time
- --time-style=STYLE
- with -l, show times using style STYLE: full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT. FORMAT is interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files; if STYLE is prefixed with `posix-', STYLE takes effect only outside the POSIX locale
- -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
- natural sort of (version) numbers within text
- -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
SELinux options:
- --lcontext
- Display security context. Enable -l. Lines will probably be too wide for most displays.
- -Z, --context
- Display security context so it fits on most displays. Displays only mode, user, group, security context and file name.
- --scontext
- Display only security context and file name.
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following: KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
Using color to distinguish file types is disabled both by default and with --color=never. With --color=auto, ls emits color codes only when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment variable can change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.
Exit status:
- 0
- if OK,
- 1
- if minor problems (e.g., cannot access subdirectory),
- 2
- if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access command-line argument).
AUTHOR
Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGS
Report dir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.orgGNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for dir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dir programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info coreutils aqdir invocationaq
should give you access to the complete manual.
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