
Likewise, but use powers of 10 -H, -dereference-command-lineįollow symbolic links listed on the command line -dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir With -l and -s, print sizes like 1K 234M 2G etc. In a long listing, don't print group names -h, -human-readable Like -l, but do not list owner -group-directories-firstĬan be augmented with a -sort option, but any use of -sort= none ( -U) disables grouping -G, -no-group

Likewise, except do not append '*' -format= WORDĪcross -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C -full-time Generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode -fĭo not sort, enable -aU, disable -ls -color -F, -classifyĪppend indicator (one of to entries -file-type List directories themselves, not their contents -D, -dired 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, newest first -CĬolorize the output WHEN can be 'always' (default if omitted), 'auto', or 'never' more info below -d, -directory With -l, scale sizes by SIZE when printing them e.g., ' -block-size=M' see SIZE format below -B, -ignore-backupsĭo not list implied entries ending with ~ -c Print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters -block-size= SIZE With -l, print the author of each file -b, -escape a, -allĭo not ignore entries starting with. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor -sort is specified. List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first): ls - l t r.Long format list sorted by size (descending): ls - l S.Long format list with size displayed using human readable units (KB, MB, GB): ls - l h.

Long format list (permissions, ownership, size and modification date) of all files: ls - l a.

