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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 |
| -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 -ls --color |
| -F, --classify |
| | 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=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 |
| -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 user and group IDs |
| -N, --literal |
| | print raw entry names (don’t treat e.g. control characters 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 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 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 |
| --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 |
| SELINUX options: |
| --lcontext |
| | Display security context. Enable -l. Lines will probably be too wide for most displays. |
| --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. 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 LS_COLORS can influence the colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.
