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ls linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
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ls linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
Last updated
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
-a
do not ignore entries starting with .
-A
do not list implied . and ..
-b
print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters
-B
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, newest first
-C
list entries by columns
-d
list directories themselves, not their contents
-D
generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
-f
list all entries in directory order
-F
Add “/” at the end of each directory for distinguishing between files and directories
-g
like -l, but do not list owner
-G
in a long listing, don't print group names
-h
with -l and -s, print sizes like 1K 234M 2G etc.
-H
follow symbolic links listed on the command line
-i
print the index number of each file
-I
do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
-k
default to 1024-byte blocks for file system usage
-l
use a long listing format
-L
when showing file information for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link references rather than for the link itself
-m
fill width with a comma separated list of entries
-n
like -l, but list numeric user and group IDs
-N
print entry names without quoting
-o
like -l, but do not list group information
-p
append / indicator to directories
-q
print ? instead of nongraphic characters
-Q
enclose entry names in double quotes
-r
reverse order while sorting
-R
list subdirectories recursively
-s
print the allocated size of each file, in blocks
-S
sort by file size, largest first
-t
sort by time, newest first; see --time
-T
assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
-u
with -lt: sort by, and show, access time
-U
do not sort; list entries in directory order
-v
natural sort of (version) numbers within text
-w
set output width to COLS. 0 means no limit
-x
list entries by lines instead of by columns
-X
sort alphabetically by entry extension
-Z
print any security context of each file
-1
list one file per line
ls -F
Add “/” at the end of each directory for distinguishing between files and directories
ls -m
Prints out directories and files separated by a comma
ls -Q
Add quotation marks to all directories and files
ls -i
To get the Inode (index node) number of all directories and files
ls -r
Sort directories and files in the reverse order
ls -t
Sort directories and files by time and date of creation or modification
ls -X
Sort directories and files alphabetically by entry extension
ls -a
View hidden files
ls -l
To print out a long listing format of files and directories
ls -la
Displays information about the user, size of the file, and date and time of modification of all the files
ls -R
Directory Tree / Recursively listing directories
ls -n
List UID and GID of Files
ls -lh
Display Files in Human Readable Format
ls -ltr
View Reverse Output Order by Date
ls -lS
List Files by Size
ls -ld
To check information about the directory only