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@(#)ls.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 7/29/94
$Id: ls.1,v 1.16 1997/12/25 09:36:39 hoek Exp $
.Dd July 29, 1994 .Dt LS 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ls .Nd list directory contents .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm ls .Op Fl ACFLRTWabcdfgikloqrstu1 .Op Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION For each operand that names a .Ar file of a type other than directory, .Nm ls displays its name as well as any requested, associated information. For each operand that names a .Ar file of type directory, .Nm ls displays the names of files contained within that directory, as well as any requested, associated information.
p If no operands are given, the contents of the current directory are displayed. If more than one operand is given, non-directory operands are displayed first; directory and non-directory operands are sorted separately and in lexicographical order.
p The following options are available: l -tag -width indent t Fl A List all entries except for .Ql . and .Ql .. . Always set for the super-user. t Fl C Force multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a terminal. t Fl F Display a slash (/) immediately after each pathname that is a directory, an asterisk (*) after each that is executable, an at sign (@) after each symbolic link, an equals sign (=) after each socket, a percent sign (%) after each whiteout, and a vertical bar (|) after each that is a .Tn FIFO . t Fl L If argument is a symbolic link, list the file or directory the link references rather than the link itself. t Fl R Recursively list subdirectories encountered. t Fl T Display complete time information for the file, including month, day, hour, minute, second, and year. t Fl W Display whiteouts when scanning directories. t Fl a Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (.). t Fl b Force printing of non-graphic characters in file names as \\xxx, where xxx is the numeric value of the character in octal. t Fl c Use time when file status was last changed for sorting or printing. t Fl d Directories are listed as plain files (not searched recursively) and symbolic links in the argument list are not indirected through. t Fl f Output is not sorted. t Fl g This option is deprecated and is only available for compatibility with x 4.3 ; it was used to display the group name in the long
q Fl l format output. t Fl i For each file, print the file's file serial number (inode number). t Fl k If the .Fl s option is specified, print the file size allocation in kilobytes, not blocks. t Fl l (The lowercase letter ``ell.'') List in long format. (See below.) If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the long listing. t Fl o Include the file flags in a long
q Fl l output. t Fl q Force printing of non-graphic characters in file names as the character `?'; this is the default when output is to a terminal. t Fl r Reverse the order of the sort to get reverse lexicographical order or the oldest entries first. t Fl s Display the number of file system blocks actually used by each file, in units of 512 bytes, where partial units are rounded up to the next integer value. If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the listing. t Fl t Sort by time modified (most recently modified first) before sorting the operands by lexicographical order. t Fl u Use time of last access, instead of last modification of the file for sorting
q Fl t or printing
q Fl l . t Fl 1 (The numeric digit ``one.'') Force output to be one entry per line. This is the default when output is not to a terminal. .El
p The .Fl 1 , .Fl C , and .Fl l options all override each other; the last one specified determines the format used.
p The .Fl c , and .Fl u options override each other; the last one specified determines the file time used.
p By default, .Nm ls lists one entry per line to standard output; the exceptions are to terminals or when the .Fl C option is specified.
p File information is displayed with one or more <blank>s separating the information associated with the .Fl i , .Fl s , and .Fl l options. .Ss The Long Format If the .Fl l option is given, the following information is displayed for each file: file mode, number of links, owner name, group name, number of bytes in the file, abbreviated month, day-of-month file was last modified, hour file last modified, minute file last modified, and the pathname. In addition, for each directory whose contents are displayed, the total number of 512-byte blocks used by the files in the directory is displayed on a line by itself immediately before the information for the files in the directory.
p If the modification time of the file is more than 6 months in the past or future, then the year of the last modification is displayed in place of the hour and minute fields.
p If the owner or group names are not a known user or group name the numeric ID's are displayed.
p If the file is a character special or block special file, the major and minor device numbers for the file are displayed in the size field. If the file is a symbolic link the pathname of the linked-to file is preceded by .Dq -> .
p The file mode printed under the .Fl l option consists of the entry type, owner permissions, and group permissions. The entry type character describes the type of file, as follows:
p l -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact t Sy b Block special file. t Sy c Character special file. t Sy d Directory. t Sy l Symbolic link. t Sy s Socket link. t Sy p .Tn FIFO . t Sy - Regular file. .El
p The next three fields are three characters each: owner permissions, group permissions, and other permissions. Each field has three character positions: l -enum -offset indent t If .Sy r , the file is readable; if .Sy - , it is not readable. t If .Sy w , the file is writable; if .Sy - , it is not writable. t The first of the following that applies: l -tag -width 4n -offset indent t Sy S If in the owner permissions, the file is not executable and set-user-ID mode is set. If in the group permissions, the file is not executable and set-group-ID mode is set. t Sy s If in the owner permissions, the file is executable and set-user-ID mode is set. If in the group permissions, the file is executable and setgroup-ID mode is set. t Sy x The file is executable or the directory is searchable. t Sy - The file is neither readable, writable, executable, nor set-user-ID nor set-group-ID mode, nor sticky. (See below.) .El
p These next two apply only to the third character in the last group (other permissions). l -tag -width 4n -offset indent t Sy T The sticky bit is set (mode .Li 1000 ) , but not execute or search permission. (See .Xr chmod 1 or .Xr sticky 8 . ) t Sy t The sticky bit is set (mode .Li 1000 ) , and is searchable or executable. (See .Xr chmod 1 or .Xr sticky 8 . ) .El .El
p The .Nm ls utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm ls : l -tag -width BLOCKSIZE t Ev BLOCKSIZE If the environment variable .Ev BLOCKSIZE is set, the block counts (see .Fl s ) will be displayed in units of that size block. t COLUMNS If this variable contains a string representing a decimal integer, it is used as the column position width for displaying multiple-text-column output. The .Nm ls utility calculates how many pathname text columns to display based on the width provided. (See .Fl C . ) t Ev TZ The timezone to use when displaying dates. See .Xr environ 7 for more information. .El .Sh COMPATIBILITY The group field is now automatically included in the long listing for files in order to be compatible with the .St -p1003.2 specification. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 1 , .Xr symlink 7 , .Xr sticky 8 .Sh HISTORY An .Nm ls command appeared in .At v1 . .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm ls function is expected to be a superset of the .St -p1003.2 specification.