DIR(1)                   User Commands                   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
       -cftuSUX nor --sort.

       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 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 -lst

       -F, --classify
              append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries

       --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

       -G, --no-group
              like -l, but do not list group

       -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  PAT-
              TERN (overridden by -a or -A)

       --indicator-style=WORD  append indicator with style WORD
       to entry names:
              none (default), classify (-F), file-type (-p)

       -i, --inode
              with -l, print the index number of each file

       -I, --ignore=PATTERN
              do  not  list implied entries matching shell PAT-
              TERN

       -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 ref-
              erences 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 UIDs and GIDs

       -N, --literal
              print  raw  entry names (don't treat e.g. control
              characters specially)

       -o     like -l, but do not list group information

       -p, --file-type
              append indicator (one of /=@|) to entries

       -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
              with -l, print size of each file, in blocks

       -S     sort by file size

       --sort=WORD
              extension -X, none -U, size -S, time -t,  version
              -v,  status -c, time -t, atime -u, access -u, use
              -u

       --time=WORD
              with -l, show time as WORD instead  of  modifica-
              tion  time:  atime, access, use, ctime or status;
              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 inter-
              preted like `date';  if  FORMAT  is  FORMAT1<new-
              line>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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       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  con-
       nected to a terminal (tty).

       Exit  status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if seri-
       ous trouble.

AUTHOR
       Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

              info dir

       should give you access to the complete manual.



dir 5.3.0                December 2004                   DIR(1)
