List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor –sort is specified.<\/p>\n
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.<\/p>\n
-a, –all
\ndo not ignore entries starting with .<\/p>\n
-A, –almost-all
\ndo not list implied . and ..<\/p>\n
–author
\nwith -l, print the author of each file<\/p>\n
-b, –escape
\nprint C-style escapes for nongraphic characters<\/p>\n
–block-size=SIZE
\nscale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., ‘–block-size=M’ prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes; see SIZE format below<\/p>\n
-B, –ignore-backups
\ndo not list implied entries ending with ~<\/p>\n
-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,
\nnewest first<\/p>\n
-C list entries by columns<\/p>\n
–color[=WHEN]
\ncolorize the output; WHEN can be ‘always’ (default if omitted), ‘auto’, or ‘never’; more info below<\/p>\n
-d, –directory
\nlist directories themselves, not their contents<\/p>\n
-D, –dired
\ngenerate output designed for Emacs’ dired mode<\/p>\n
-f do not sort, enable -aU, disable -ls –color<\/p>\n
-F, –classify
\nappend indicator (one of *\/=>@|) to entries<\/p>\n
–file-type
\nlikewise, except do not append ‘*’<\/p>\n
–format=WORD
\nacross -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C<\/p>\n
–full-time
\nlike -l –time-style=full-iso<\/p>\n
-g like -l, but do not list owner<\/p>\n
–group-directories-first
\ngroup directories before files;<\/p>\n
can be augmented with a –sort option, but any use of –sort=none (-U) disables grouping<\/p>\n