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dir - list directory contents
dir [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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
- sort by change
time; with -l: show 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)
- -H, --si
- likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
- --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)
- -Q, --quote-name
- enclose entry names in double quotes
- --quoting-style=WORD
- use quoting style WORD for entry names: literal, 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
- sort by last access time; with -l: show atime
- -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).
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
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 dir
should give you
access to the complete manual.
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