dir(1) General Commands Manual dir(1) NAME dir - List directory contents. Ignore files and directories starting with a '.' by default SYNOPSIS dir [--help] [--format] [-C ] [-l|--long] [-x ] [-T|--tabsize] [-m ] [--zero] [-D|--dired] [--hyperlink] [-1 ] [-o ] [-g ] [-n|--numeric-uid-gid] [--quoting-style] [-N|--literal] [-b|--escape] [-Q|--quote-name] [-q|--hide-control-chars] [--show-control-chars] [--time] [-c ] [-u ] [--hide] [-I|--ignore] [-B|--ignore-backups] [--sort] [-S ] [-t ] [-v ] [-X ] [-U ] [-L|--dereference] [--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir] [-H|--dereference-command-line] [-G|--no-group] [--author] [-a|--all] [-A|--almost-all] [-d|--directory] [-h|--human-readable] [-k|--kibibytes] [--si] [--block-size] [-i|--inode] [-r|--reverse] [-R|--recursive] [-w|--width] [-s|--size] [--color] [--indicator-style] [-F|--classify] [--file-type] [-p ] [--time-style] [--full-time] [-Z|--context] [--group-directories-first] [-V|--version] [paths] DESCRIPTION List directory contents. Ignore files and directories starting with a '.' by default OPTIONS --help Print help information. --format Set the display format. -C Display the files in columns. -l, --long Display detailed information. -x List entries in rows instead of in columns. -T, --tabsize=COLS Assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8 (unimplemented) May also be specified with the TABSIZE environment variable. -m List entries separated by commas. --zero List entries separated by ASCII NUL characters. -D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired (Directory Editor) mode --hyperlink=WHEN [default: never] hyperlink file names WHEN [possible values: always, auto, never] -1 List one file per line. -o Long format without group information. Identical to --format=long with --no-group. -g Long format without owner information. -n, --numeric-uid-gid -l with numeric UIDs and GIDs. --quoting-style Set quoting style. [possible values: literal, shell, shell-escape, shell-always, shell-escape-always, c, escape] -N, --literal Use literal quoting style. Equivalent to `--quoting-style=literal` -b, --escape Use escape quoting style. Equivalent to `--quoting-style=escape` -Q, --quote-name Use C quoting style. Equivalent to `--quoting-style=c` -q, --hide-control-chars Replace control characters with '?' if they are not escaped. --show-control-chars Show control characters 'as is' if they are not escaped. --time=field Show time in : access time (-u): atime, access, use; change time (-t): ctime, status. birth time: birth, creation; -c If the long listing format (e.g., -l, -o) is being used, print the status change time (the 'ctime' in the inode) instead of the modification time. When explicitly sorting by time (--sort=time or -t) or when not using a long listing format, sort according to the status change time. -u If the long listing format (e.g., -l, -o) is being used, print the status access time instead of the modification time. When explicitly sorting by time (--sort=time or -t) or when not using a long listing format, sort according to the access time. --hide=PATTERN do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN (overridden by -a or -A) -I, --ignore=PATTERN do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN -B, --ignore-backups Ignore entries which end with ~. --sort=field Sort by : name, none (-U), time (-t), size (-S), extension (-X) or width [possible values: name, none, time, size, version, extension, width] -S Sort by file size, largest first. -t Sort by modification time (the 'mtime' in the inode), newest first. -v Natural sort of (version) numbers in the filenames. -X Sort alphabetically by entry extension. -U Do not sort; list the files in whatever order they are stored in the directory. This is especially useful when listing very large directories, since not doing any sorting can be noticeably faster. -L, --dereference When showing file information for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link references rather than the link itself. --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir Do not follow symlinks except when they link to directories and are given as command line arguments. -H, --dereference-command-line Do not follow symlinks except when given as command line arguments. -G, --no-group Do not show group in long format. --author Show author in long format. On the supported platforms, the author always matches the file owner. -a, --all Do not ignore hidden files (files with names that start with '.'). -A, --almost-all In a directory, do not ignore all file names that start with '.', only ignore '.' and '..'. -d, --directory Only list the names of directories, rather than listing directory contents. This will not follow symbolic links unless one of `--dereference-command-line (-H)`, `--dereference (-L)`, or `--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir` is specified. -h, --human-readable Print human readable file sizes (e.g. 1K 234M 56G). -k, --kibibytes default to 1024-byte blocks for file system usage; used only with -s and per directory totals --si Print human readable file sizes using powers of 1000 instead of 1024. --block-size=BLOCK_SIZE scale sizes by BLOCK_SIZE when printing them -i, --inode print the index number of each file -r, --reverse Reverse whatever the sorting method is e.g., list files in reverse alphabetical order, youngest first, smallest first, or whatever. -R, --recursive List the contents of all directories recursively. -w, --width=COLS Assume that the terminal is COLS columns wide. -s, --size print the allocated size of each file, in blocks --color Color output based on file type. [possible values: always, auto, never] --indicator-style Append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), slash (-p), file-type (--file-type), classify (-F) [possible values: none, slash, file-type, classify] -F, --classify=when Append a character to each file name indicating the file type. Also, for regular files that are executable, append '*'. The file type indicators are '/' for directories, '@' for symbolic links, '|' for FIFOs, '=' for sockets, '>' for doors, and nothing for regular files. when may be omitted, or one of: none - Do not classify. This is the default. auto - Only classify if standard output is a terminal. always - Always classify. Specifying --classify and no when is equivalent to --classify=always. This will not follow symbolic links listed on the command line unless the --dereference-command-line (-H), --dereference (-L), or --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir options are specified. [possible values: always, auto, never] --file-type Same as --classify, but do not append '*' -p Append / indicator to directories. --time-style=TIME_STYLE time/date format with -l; see TIME_STYLE below May also be specified with the TIME_STYLE environment variable. --full-time like -l --time-style=full-iso -Z, --context print any security context of each file (not enabled) --group-directories-first group directories before files; can be augmented with a --sort option, but any use of --sort=none (-U) disables grouping -V, --version Print version [paths] EXTRA The TIME_STYLE argument can be full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale or +FORMAT. FORMAT is interpreted like in date. Also the TIME_STYLE environment variable sets the default style to use. VERSION v0.0.27 dir 0.0.27 dir(1)