User Commands DIR(1)
NAME
dir - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
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
-B, --ignore-backups
do not list implied entries ending with ~
-c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last modif-
ication 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, 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
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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
-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=PATERN
do not list implied entries matching shell PATERN
(overridden by -a or -A)
names:
--indicator-style=WORD append indicator with style WORD to entry
none (default), slash (-p), file-type (--file-type),
classify (-F)
-i, --inode
print the index number of each file
-I, --ignore=PATERN
do not list implied entries matching shell PATERN
-k like --block-size=1K
-l use a long listing format
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-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 charac-
ters 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 pro-
gram 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 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
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--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 FORMAT1FORMAT2, FOR-
MAT1 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 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
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.
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). The environment variable LSCOLORS can influence the
colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.
Exit status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if serious
trouble.
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AUTHOR
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License
. There is NO WAR-
RANTY, 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 dir
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWgnu-coreutils
Interface Stability Uncommitted
NOTES
Source for GNU coreutils is available on
http:/opensolaris.org.
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