ls -Linux Man Page

SYNOPSIS
     ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
     List  information  about  the FILEs (the current directory by default).
     Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX 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  derefer-
            ence symbolic links

     -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 `*'

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

     -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 direc-
            tory

     --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     like --block-size=1K

     -l     use a long listing format

     -L, --dereference
            when showing file information for a symbolic link, show informa-
            tion  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  spe-
            cially)

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

     -p, --indicator-style=slash
            append / indicator to directories

     -q, --hide-control-chars
            print ? instead of non graphic characters

     -r, --reverse
            reverse order while sorting

     -R, --recursive
            list subdirectories recursively

     -s, --size
            print the size of each file, in blocks

     -S     sort by file size

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

     --time=WORD
            with -l, show time as WORD instead of modification  time:  atime
            -u,  access  -u,  use  -u, ctime -c, or status -c; 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 interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT
            is FORMAT1FORMAT2, 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

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

     -1     list one file per line

     --help display this help and exit

     --version

     Exit status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
     GPL version 3 or later 
     This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.