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GNU Info (fileutils.info)ls invocation`ls': List directory contents ============================= The `ls' program lists information about files (of any type, including directories). Options and file arguments can be intermixed arbitrarily, as usual. For non-option command-line arguments that are directories, by default `ls' lists the contents of directories, not recursively, and omitting files with names beginning with `.'. For other non-option arguments, by default `ls' lists just the file name. If no non-option arguments are specified, `ls' lists the contents of the current directory. By default, the output is sorted alphabetically. If standard output is a terminal, the output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control characters are output as question marks; otherwise, the output is listed one per line and control characters are output as-is. Because `ls' is such a fundamental program, it has accumulated many options over the years. They are described in the subsections below; within each section, options are listed alphabetically (ignoring case). The division of options into the subsections is not absolute, since some options affect more than one aspect of `ls''s operation. The `-g' option is accepted but ignored, for compatibility with Unix. Also see Note: Common options.
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