DIR(1)

NAME
dir - list directory contents

SYNOPSIS
dir [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.

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 C-style escapes for nongraphic characters

--block-size=SIZE
    scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., '--block-size=M' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes; see SIZE format below

-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, newest first

-C  list entries by columns

--color[=WHEN]
    colorize the output; WHEN can be 'never', 'auto', or 'always' (the default); more info below

-d, --directory
    list directories themselves, not their contents

-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;

    can be augmented with a --sort option, but any use of --sort=none (-U) disables grouping

-G, --no-group
    in a long listing, don't print group names

-h, --human-readable
    with -l and/or -s, print human readable sizes (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, --kibibytes
    default to 1024-byte blocks for disk usage

-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 nongraphic characters

--show-control-chars
    show nongraphic characters as-is (the 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 allocated size of each file, in blocks

-S  sort by file size

--sort=WORD
    sort by WORD instead of name: none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)

--time=WORD
    with -l, show time as WORD instead of default modification time: atime or access or use (-u) ctime or status (-c); also 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, or +FORMAT; FORMAT is interpreted like in 'date'; if FORMAT is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, then 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, newest first

-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  natural sort of (version) numbers within text

-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

-Z, --context
    print any security context of each file

-1  list one file per line

--append-exe
    append .exe if cygwin magic was needed

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000).

Using color to distinguish file types is disabled both by default and with --color=never. With --color=auto, ls emits color codes only when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment variable can change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.

  Exit status:

0   if OK,

1   if minor problems (e.g., cannot access subdirectory),

2   if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access command-line argument).

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Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for dir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dir programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'dir invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.