ls
ls
Usagels
list directory contents, by default list the current directory.
ls
Sortls
sort files alphabetically by default. --sort
and multiple equivalent options is provided to specify the sort method:
--sort method |
Option Equivalent | Interpretation |
---|---|---|
--sort=none |
-U |
Do not sort. list the entry in directory order. |
--sort=size |
-S |
Sort by file size. |
--sort=time |
-t |
Sort by modification time, newest first. |
--sort=version |
-v |
Natural sort of version numbers within text. |
--sort=extension |
-X |
Sort alphabetically by entry extension |
ls
FilterBy default, the ls
command does not list those hidden files starting with a dot. Use -A
List all entries except .
and ..
, and -a
includes them all.
-d
list the information of directory itself instead of list all contents.
ls
Filename EscapeIf there are non-printable(nongraphic) characters in filename, by default ?
will be display, use -b
or --escape
to print them as the C-style escape characters.
Note that FreeBSD (and macOS) support
-b
as the same interpretation but not--escape
, and a extra option-B
print directly the octal code instead of C-style escaping. For instance, display\012
instead of\n
.Instead, for Linux
-B
is used to exclude the backup files (files tailing with~
).
Use create_nonprintable_filename.c to create a file containing nonprintable character to check this.