1VDIR(1) User Commands VDIR(1)
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6 vdir - list directory contents
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9 vdir [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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12 List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
13 Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort.
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15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
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18 -a, --all
19 do not ignore entries starting with .
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21 -A, --almost-all
22 do not list implied . and ..
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24 --author
25 with -l, print the author of each file
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27 -b, --escape
28 print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
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30 --block-size=SIZE
31 use SIZE-byte blocks
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33 -B, --ignore-backups
34 do not list implied entries ending with ~
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36 -c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last modification of
37 file status information) with -l: show ctime and sort by name
38 otherwise: sort by ctime
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40 -C list entries by columns
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42 --color[=WHEN]
43 control whether color is used to distinguish file types. WHEN
44 may be `never', `always', or `auto'
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46 -d, --directory
47 list directory entries instead of contents, and do not derefer‐
48 ence symbolic links
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50 -D, --dired
51 generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
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53 -f do not sort, enable -aU, disable -ls --color
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55 -F, --classify
56 append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
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58 --file-type
59 likewise, except do not append `*'
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61 --format=WORD
62 across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1,
63 verbose -l, vertical -C
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65 --full-time
66 like -l --time-style=full-iso
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68 -g like -l, but do not list owner
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70 --group-directories-first
71 group directories before files
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73 -G, --no-group
74 in a long listing, don't print group names
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76 -h, --human-readable
77 with -l, print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
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79 --si likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
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81 -H, --dereference-command-line
82 follow symbolic links listed on the command line
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84 --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
85 follow each command line symbolic link that points to a direc‐
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88 --hide=PATTERN
89 do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN (overridden
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92 --indicator-style=WORD
93 append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default),
94 slash (-p), file-type (--file-type), classify (-F)
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96 -i, --inode
97 print the index number of each file
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99 -I, --ignore=PATTERN
100 do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
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102 -k like --block-size=1K
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104 -l use a long listing format
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106 -L, --dereference
107 when showing file information for a symbolic link, show informa‐
108 tion for the file the link references rather than for the link
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111 -m fill width with a comma separated list of entries
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113 -n, --numeric-uid-gid
114 like -l, but list numeric user and group IDs
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116 -N, --literal
117 print raw entry names (don't treat e.g. control characters spe‐
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120 -o like -l, but do not list group information
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122 -p, --indicator-style=slash
123 append / indicator to directories
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125 -q, --hide-control-chars
126 print ? instead of non graphic characters
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128 --show-control-chars
129 show non graphic characters as-is (default unless program is
130 `ls' and output is a terminal)
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132 -Q, --quote-name
133 enclose entry names in double quotes
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135 --quoting-style=WORD
136 use quoting style WORD for entry names: literal, locale, shell,
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139 -r, --reverse
140 reverse order while sorting
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142 -R, --recursive
143 list subdirectories recursively
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145 -s, --size
146 print the size of each file, in blocks
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148 -S sort by file size
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150 --sort=WORD
151 sort by WORD instead of name: none -U, extension -X, size -S,
152 time -t, version -v
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154 --time=WORD
155 with -l, show time as WORD instead of modification time: atime
156 -u, access -u, use -u, ctime -c, or status -c; use specified
157 time as sort key if --sort=time
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159 --time-style=STYLE
160 with -l, show times using style STYLE: full-iso, long-iso, iso,
161 locale, +FORMAT. FORMAT is interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT
162 is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to non-recent files
163 and FORMAT2 to recent files; if STYLE is prefixed with `posix-',
164 STYLE takes effect only outside the POSIX locale
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166 -t sort by modification time
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168 -T, --tabsize=COLS
169 assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
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171 -u with -lt: sort by, and show, access time with -l: show access
172 time and sort by name otherwise: sort by access time
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174 -U do not sort; list entries in directory order
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176 -v sort by version
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178 -w, --width=COLS
179 assume screen width instead of current value
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181 -x list entries by lines instead of by columns
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183 -X sort alphabetically by entry extension
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185 -1 list one file per line
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187 SELINUX options:
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189 --lcontext
190 Display security context. Enable -l. Lines will probably be
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193 --context
194 Display security context so it fits on most displays. Displays
195 only mode, user, group, security context and file name.
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197 --scontext
198 Display only security context and file name.
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200 --help display this help and exit
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202 --version
203 output version information and exit
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205 SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of fol‐
206 lowing: kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T,
207 P, E, Z, Y.
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209 By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is
210 equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the
211 optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With
212 --color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is con‐
213 nected to a terminal (tty). The environment variable LS_COLORS can
214 influence the colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.
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216 Exit status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.
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219 Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
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222 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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225 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
226 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
227 terms of the GNU General Public License
228 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
229 extent permitted by law.
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232 The full documentation for vdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
233 the info and vdir programs are properly installed at your site, the
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242GNU coreutils 6.9 March 2007 VDIR(1)