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vdir - list directory contents
vdir [OPTION]... [FILE]...
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort
entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX 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 modification 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 -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
- like -l --time-style=full-iso
- -g
- like -l, but do not list owner
- -G, --no-group
- like
-l, but do not list group
- -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=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), classify (-F),
file-type (-p)
- -i, --inode
- with -l, print the index number of each file
- -I, --ignore=PATTERN
- do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
- -k
- like --block-size=1K
- -l
- 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
- -m
- fill width with a comma separated list
of entries
- -n, --numeric-uid-gid
- like -l, but list numeric UIDs and GIDs
- -N, --literal
- print raw entry names (don’t treat e.g. control characters specially)
- -o
- like
-l, but do not list group information
- -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 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
- with -l, 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
- with -l, show time as WORD instead of modification time: atime,
access, use, ctime or status; 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
- -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).
Exit status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.
Written
by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for vdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and vdir programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info vdir
should give you access to the complete manual.
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