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`https://linux.die.net/man/1/ls
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`ls(1) - Linux man page
`Name
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`ls - list directory contents
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`Synopsis
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`ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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`Description
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`List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries
`alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort.
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`Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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`-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 ~
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`-c
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`-C
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`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
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`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
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`-f
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`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
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`-g
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`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)
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`--si
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`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
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`-k
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`-l
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`like --block-size=1K
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`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
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`fill width with a comma separated list of entries
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`-m
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`-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)
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`-o
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`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
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`-S
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`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
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`-t
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`sort by modification time
`-T, --tabsize=COLS
`assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
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`-u
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`name otherwise: sort by access time
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`do not sort; list entries in directory order
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`-U
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`-v
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`natural sort of (version) numbers within text
`-w, --width=COLS
`assume screen width instead of current value
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`-x
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`-X
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`-1
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`list entries by lines instead of by columns
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`sort alphabetically by entry extension
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`list one file per line
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`SELinux options:
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`--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
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`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.
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`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.
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`Exit status:
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`1. if OK,
`2. if minor problems (e.g., cannot access subdirectory),
`3. if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access command-line argument).
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`ls(1): directory contents - Linux man page
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`https://linux.die.net/man/1/ls
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`Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
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`Reporting Bugs
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`Report ls bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
`GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
`General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
`Report ls translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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`Copyright
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`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.
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`See Also
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`The full documentation for ls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ls
`programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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`info coreutils aqls invocationaq
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`should give you access to the complete manual.
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`Referenced By
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`acl(5), amd.conf(5), column(1), csh(1), ctags(1), dir_colors(5), feh(1), file(1),
`find(1), ftpd(8), glob(3), groff_mdoc(7), gsexec(8), lsblk(8), lsof(8), lxc-ls(1),
`man(1), mdoc.samples(7), mksh(1), mq_overview(7), namei(1), passwd(5),
`pax(1), perlglossary(1), perlipc(1), pure-ftpd(8), setfiles(8), sftp(1), spax(1),
`strverscmp(3), symlink(7), tags(7), tmpwatch(8), urn(7), vgd(1), viewglob(1),
`virt-ls(1), zipinfo(1), zshmodules(1)
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