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+ <p valign="top">LS(1) BSD General Commands Manual LS(1)</p>
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>NAME</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%;"><b>ls</b> &mdash; list directory
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+ contents</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>SYNOPSIS</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:12%;"><b>ls</b>
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+ [<b>&minus;ABCFGHLOPRSTUW@abcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1</b>]
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+ [<i>file&nbsp;...</i>]</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>DESCRIPTION</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">For each operand that names a
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+ <i>file</i> of a type other than directory, <b>ls</b>
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+ displays its name as well as any requested, associated
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+ information. For each operand that names a <i>file</i> of
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+ type directory, <b>ls</b> displays the names of files
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+ contained within that directory, as well as any requested,
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+ associated information.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">If no operands
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+ are given, the contents of the current directory are
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+ displayed. If more than one operand is given, non-directory
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+ operands are displayed first; directory and non-directory
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+ operands are sorted separately and in lexicographical
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+ order.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The following
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+ options are available:</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;@</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Display
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+ extended attribute keys and sizes in long (<b>&minus;l</b>)
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+ output.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;1</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">(The numeric
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+ digit &lsquo;&lsquo;one&rsquo;&rsquo;.) Force output to be
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+ one entry per line. This is the default when output is not
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+ to a terminal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;A</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">List all
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+ entries except for <i>.</i> and <i>..</i>. Always set for
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+ the super-user.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;a</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Include
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+ directory entries whose names begin with a dot
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+ (<i>.</i>).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;B</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Force printing
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+ of non-printable characters (as defined by ctype(3) and
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+ current locale settings) in file names as \<i>xxx</i>, where
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+ <i>xxx</i> is the numeric value of the character in
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+ octal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;b</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">As
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+ <b>&minus;B</b>, but use C escape codes whenever
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+ possible.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;C</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Force
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+ multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a
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+ terminal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;c</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Use time when
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+ file status was last changed for sorting (<b>&minus;t</b>)
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+ or long printing (<b>&minus;l</b>).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;d</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Directories are
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+ listed as plain files (not searched recursively).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;e</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Print the
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+ Access Control List (ACL) associated with the file, if
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+ present, in long (<b>&minus;l</b>) output.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;F</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Display a slash
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+ (&lsquo;/&rsquo;) immediately after each pathname that is a
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+ directory, an asterisk (&lsquo;*&rsquo;) after each that is
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+ executable, an at sign (&lsquo;@&rsquo;) after each symbolic
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+ link, an equals sign (&lsquo;=&rsquo;) after each socket, a
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+ percent sign (&lsquo;%&rsquo;) after each whiteout, and a
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+ vertical bar (&lsquo;|&rsquo;) after each that is a
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+ FIFO.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;f</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Output is not
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+ sorted. This option turns on the <b>&minus;a</b> option.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;G</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Enable
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+ colorized output. This option is equivalent to defining
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+ CLICOLOR in the environment. (See below.)</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;g</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">This option is
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+ only available for compatibility with POSIX; it is used to
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+ display the group name in the long (<b>&minus;l</b>) format
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+ output (the owner name is suppressed).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;H</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Symbolic links
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+ on the command line are followed. This option is assumed if
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+ none of the <b>&minus;F</b>, <b>&minus;d</b>, or
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+ <b>&minus;l</b> options are specified.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;h</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">When used with
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+ the <b>&minus;l</b> option, use unit suffixes: Byte,
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+ Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order
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+ to reduce the number of digits to three or less using base 2
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+ for sizes.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;i</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">For each file,
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+ print the file&rsquo;s file serial number (inode
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+ number).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;k</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">If the
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+ <b>&minus;s</b> option is specified, print the file size
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+ allocation in kilobytes, not blocks. This option overrides
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+ the environment variable BLOCKSIZE.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;L</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Follow all
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+ symbolic links to final target and list the file or
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+ directory the link references rather than the link itself.
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+ This option cancels the <b>&minus;P</b> option.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;l</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">(The lowercase
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+ letter &lsquo;&lsquo;ell&rsquo;&rsquo;.) List in long
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+ format. (See below.) If the output is to a terminal, a total
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+ sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the
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+ long listing.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;m</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Stream output
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+ format; list files across the page, separated by commas.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;n</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Display user
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+ and group IDs numerically, rather than converting to a user
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+ or group name in a long (<b>&minus;l</b>) output. This
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+ option turns on the <b>&minus;l</b> option.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;O</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Include the
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+ file flags in a long (<b>&minus;l</b>) output.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;o</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">List in long
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+ format, but omit the group id.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;P</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">If argument is
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+ a symbolic link, list the link itself rather than the object
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+ the link references. This option cancels the <b>&minus;H</b>
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+ and <b>&minus;L</b> options.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;p</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Write a slash
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+ (&lsquo;/&rsquo;) after each filename if that file is a
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+ directory.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;q</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Force printing
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+ of non-graphic characters in file names as the character
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+ &lsquo;?&rsquo;; this is the default when output is to a
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+ terminal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;R</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Recursively
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+ list subdirectories encountered.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;r</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Reverse the
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+ order of the sort to get reverse lexicographical order or
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+ the oldest entries first (or largest files last, if combined
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+ with sort by size</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;S</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Sort files by
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+ size</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;s</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Display the
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+ number of file system blocks actually used by each file, in
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+ units of 512 bytes, where partial units are rounded up to
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+ the next integer value. If the output is to a terminal, a
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+ total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before
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+ the listing. The environment variable BLOCKSIZE overrides
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+ the unit size of 512 bytes.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;T</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">When used with
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+ the <b>&minus;l</b> (lowercase letter
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+ &lsquo;&lsquo;ell&rsquo;&rsquo;) option, display complete
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+ time information for the file, including month, day, hour,
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+ minute, second, and year.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;t</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Sort by time
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+ modified (most recently modified first) before sorting the
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+ operands by lexicographical order.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;u</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Use time of
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+ last access, instead of last modification of the file for
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+ sorting (<b>&minus;t</b>) or long printing
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+ (<b>&minus;l</b>).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;U</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Use time of
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+ file creation, instead of last modification for sorting
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+ (<b>&minus;t</b>) or long output (<b>&minus;l</b>).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;v</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Force unedited
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+ printing of non-graphic characters; this is the default when
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+ output is not to a terminal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;W</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Display
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+ whiteouts when scanning directories. (<b>&minus;S</b>)
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+ flag).</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;w</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">Force raw
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+ printing of non-printable characters. This is the default
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+ when output is not to a terminal.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;x</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:20%; margin-top: 1em">The same as
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+ <b>&minus;C</b>, except that the multi-column output is
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+ produced with entries sorted across, rather than down, the
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+ columns.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The
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+ <b>&minus;1</b>, <b>&minus;C</b>, <b>&minus;x</b>, and
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+ <b>&minus;l</b> options all override each other; the last
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+ one specified determines the format used.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The
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+ <b>&minus;c</b> and <b>&minus;u</b> options override each
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+ other; the last one specified determines the file time
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+ used.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The
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+ <b>&minus;B</b>, <b>&minus;b</b>, <b>&minus;w</b>, and
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+ <b>&minus;q</b> options all override each other; the last
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+ one specified determines the format used for non-printable
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+ characters.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The
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+ <b>&minus;H</b>, <b>&minus;L</b> and <b>&minus;P</b> options
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+ all override each other (either partially or fully); they
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+ are applied in the order specified.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">By default,
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+ <b>ls</b> lists one entry per line to standard output; the
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+ exceptions are to terminals or when the <b>&minus;C</b> or
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+ <b>&minus;x</b> options are specified.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">File information
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+ is displayed with one or more &lang;</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top">blank &rang;s separating the information
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+ associated with the <b>&minus;i</b>, <b>&minus;s</b>, and
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+ <b>&minus;l</b> options.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em"><b>The Long
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+ Format</b> <br>
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+ If the <b>&minus;l</b> option is given, the following
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+ information is displayed for each file: file mode, number of
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+ links, owner name, group name, number of bytes in the file,
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+ abbreviated month, day-of-month file was last modified, hour
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+ file last modified, minute file last modified, and the
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+ pathname. In addition, for each directory whose contents are
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+ displayed, the total number of 512-byte blocks used by the
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+ files in the directory is displayed on a line by itself,
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+ immediately before the information for the files in the
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+ directory. If the file or directory has extended attributes,
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+ the permissions field printed by the <b>&minus;l</b> option
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+ is followed by a &rsquo;@&rsquo; character. Otherwise, if
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+ the file or directory has extended security information
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+ (such as an access control list), the permissions field
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+ printed by the <b>&minus;l</b> option is followed by a
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+ &rsquo;+&rsquo; character.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">If the
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+ modification time of the file is more than 6 months in the
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+ past or future, then the year of the last modification is
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+ displayed in place of the hour and minute fields.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">If the owner or
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+ group names are not a known user or group name, or the
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+ <b>&minus;n</b> option is given, the numeric ID&rsquo;s are
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+ displayed.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">If the file is a
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+ character special or block special file, the major and minor
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+ device numbers for the file are displayed in the size field.
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+ If the file is a symbolic link, the pathname of the
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+ linked-to file is preceded by
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+ &lsquo;&lsquo;-&gt;&rsquo;&rsquo;.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The file mode
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+ printed under the <b>&minus;l</b> option consists of the
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+ entry type, owner permissions, and group permissions. The
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+ entry type character describes the type of file, as
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+ follows:</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>b</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Block special
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+ file.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>c</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Character
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+ special file.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>d</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Directory.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>l</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Symbolic
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+ link.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>s</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Socket
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+ link.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>p</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">FIFO.</p>
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+
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+ <p valign="top"><b>&minus;</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Regular
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+ file.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">The next three
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+ fields are three characters each: owner permissions, group
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+ permissions, and other permissions. Each field has three
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+ character positions:</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">1.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:25%;">If <b>r</b>, the file is
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+ readable; if <b>&minus;</b>, it is not readable.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">2.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:25%;">If <b>w</b>, the file is
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+ writable; if <b>&minus;</b>, it is not writable.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">3.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:25%;">The first of the following that
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+ applies:</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>S</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">If in the owner
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+ permissions, the file is not executable and set-user-ID mode
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+ is set. If in the group permissions, the file is not
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+ executable and set-group-ID mode is set.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>s</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">If in the owner
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+ permissions, the file is executable and set-user-ID mode is
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+ set. If in the group permissions, the file is executable and
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+ setgroup-ID mode is set.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>x</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">The file is
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+ executable or the directory is searchable.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">The file is
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+ neither readable, writable, executable, nor set-user-ID nor
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+ set-group-ID mode, nor sticky. (See below.)</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:25%; margin-top: 1em">These next two
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+ apply only to the third character in the last group (other
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+ permissions).</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>T</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">The sticky bit
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+ is set (mode 1000), but not execute or search permission.
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+ (See chmod(1) or sticky(8).)</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>t</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:43%; margin-top: 1em">The sticky bit
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+ is set (mode 1000), and is searchable or executable. (See
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+ chmod(1) or sticky(8).)</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>EXAMPLES</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">The following is how to do an
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+ <b>ls</b> listing sorted by increasing size</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">ls -lrS</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>DIAGNOSTICS</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">The <b>ls</b> utility
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+ exits&nbsp;0 on success, and&nbsp;&gt;0 if an error
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+ occurs.</p>
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+
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>ENVIRONMENT</b></p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">The following environment
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+ variables affect the execution of <b>ls</b>:</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">BLOCKSIZE</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">If the
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+ environment variable BLOCKSIZE is set, the block counts (see
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+ <b>&minus;s</b>) will be displayed in units of that size
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+ block.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">CLICOLOR</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">Use ANSI color
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+ sequences to distinguish file types. See LSCOLORS below. In
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+ addition to the file types mentioned in the <b>&minus;F</b>
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+ option some extra attributes (setuid bit set, etc.) are also
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+ displayed. The colorization is dependent on a terminal type
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+ with the proper termcap(5) capabilities. The default
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+ &lsquo;&lsquo;cons25&rsquo;&rsquo; console has the proper
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+ capabilities, but to display the colors in an xterm(1), for
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+ example, the TERM variable must be set to
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+ &lsquo;&lsquo;xterm-color&rsquo;&rsquo;. Other terminal
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+ types may require similar adjustments. Colorization is
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+ silently disabled if the output isn&rsquo;t directed to a
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+ terminal unless the CLICOLOR_FORCE variable is defined.</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">CLICOLOR_FORCE</p>
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+
566
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">Color sequences
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+ are normally disabled if the output isn&rsquo;t directed to
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+ a terminal. This can be overridden by setting this flag. The
569
+ TERM variable still needs to reference a color capable
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+ terminal however otherwise it is not possible to determine
571
+ which color sequences to use.</p>
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+
573
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">COLUMNS</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">If this
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+ variable contains a string representing a decimal integer,
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+ it is used as the column position width for displaying
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+ multiple-text-column output. The <b>ls</b> utility
579
+ calculates how many pathname text columns to display based
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+ on the width provided. (See <b>&minus;C</b> and
581
+ <b>&minus;x</b>.)</p>
582
+
583
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">LANG</p>
584
+
585
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The locale to
586
+ use when determining the order of day and month in the long
587
+ <b>&minus;l</b> format output. See environ(7) for more
588
+ information.</p>
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+
590
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">LSCOLORS</p>
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+
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+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The value of
593
+ this variable describes what color to use for which
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+ attribute when colors are enabled with CLICOLOR. This string
595
+ is a concatenation of pairs of the format <i>fb</i>, where
596
+ <i>f</i> is the foreground color and <i>b</i> is the
597
+ background color.</p>
598
+
599
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The color
600
+ designators are as follows:</p>
601
+
602
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>a</b></p>
603
+
604
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">black</p>
605
+
606
+ <p valign="top"><b>b</b></p>
607
+
608
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">red</p>
609
+
610
+ <p valign="top"><b>c</b></p>
611
+
612
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">green</p>
613
+
614
+ <p valign="top"><b>d</b></p>
615
+
616
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">brown</p>
617
+
618
+ <p valign="top"><b>e</b></p>
619
+
620
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">blue</p>
621
+
622
+ <p valign="top"><b>f</b></p>
623
+
624
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">magenta</p>
625
+
626
+ <p valign="top"><b>g</b></p>
627
+
628
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">cyan</p>
629
+
630
+ <p valign="top"><b>h</b></p>
631
+
632
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">light grey</p>
633
+
634
+ <p valign="top"><b>A</b></p>
635
+
636
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold black,
637
+ usually shows up as dark grey</p>
638
+
639
+ <p valign="top"><b>B</b></p>
640
+
641
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold red</p>
642
+
643
+ <p valign="top"><b>C</b></p>
644
+
645
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold green</p>
646
+
647
+ <p valign="top"><b>D</b></p>
648
+
649
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold brown,
650
+ usually shows up as yellow</p>
651
+
652
+ <p valign="top"><b>E</b></p>
653
+
654
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold blue</p>
655
+
656
+ <p valign="top"><b>F</b></p>
657
+
658
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold
659
+ magenta</p>
660
+
661
+ <p valign="top"><b>G</b></p>
662
+
663
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold cyan</p>
664
+
665
+ <p valign="top"><b>H</b></p>
666
+
667
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">bold light
668
+ grey; looks like bright white</p>
669
+
670
+ <p valign="top"><b>x</b></p>
671
+
672
+ <p style="margin-left:51%; margin-top: 1em">default
673
+ foreground or background</p>
674
+
675
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">Note that the
676
+ above are standard ANSI colors. The actual display may
677
+ differ depending on the color capabilities of the terminal
678
+ in use.</p>
679
+
680
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The order of
681
+ the attributes are as follows:</p>
682
+
683
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">1.</p>
684
+
685
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">directory</p>
686
+
687
+ <p valign="top">2.</p>
688
+
689
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">symbolic link</p>
690
+
691
+ <p valign="top">3.</p>
692
+
693
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">socket</p>
694
+
695
+ <p valign="top">4.</p>
696
+
697
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">pipe</p>
698
+
699
+ <p valign="top">5.</p>
700
+
701
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">executable</p>
702
+
703
+ <p valign="top">6.</p>
704
+
705
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">block special</p>
706
+
707
+ <p valign="top">7.</p>
708
+
709
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">character special</p>
710
+
711
+ <p valign="top">8.</p>
712
+
713
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">executable with setuid bit
714
+ set</p>
715
+
716
+ <p valign="top">9.</p>
717
+
718
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">executable with setgid bit
719
+ set</p>
720
+
721
+ <p valign="top">10.</p>
722
+
723
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">directory writable to others,
724
+ with sticky bit</p>
725
+
726
+ <p valign="top">11.</p>
727
+
728
+ <p style="margin-left:49%;">directory writable to others,
729
+ without sticky bit</p>
730
+
731
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The default is
732
+ &quot;exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad&quot;, i.e. blue foreground and
733
+ default background for regular directories, black foreground
734
+ and red background for setuid executables, etc.</p>
735
+
736
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">LS_COLWIDTHS</p>
737
+
738
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">If this
739
+ variable is set, it is considered to be a colon-delimited
740
+ list of minimum column widths. Unreasonable and insufficient
741
+ widths are ignored (thus zero signifies a dynamically sized
742
+ column). Not all columns have changeable widths. The fields
743
+ are, in order: inode, block count, number of links, user
744
+ name, group name, flags, file size, file name.</p>
745
+
746
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">TERM</p>
747
+
748
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The CLICOLOR
749
+ functionality depends on a terminal type with color
750
+ capabilities.</p>
751
+
752
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">TZ</p>
753
+
754
+ <p style="margin-left:32%; margin-top: 1em">The timezone to
755
+ use when displaying dates. See environ(7) for more
756
+ information.</p>
757
+
758
+
759
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>COMPATIBILITY</b></p>
760
+
761
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">The group field is now
762
+ automatically included in the long listing for files in
763
+ order to be compatible with the IEEE Std 1003.2
764
+ (&lsquo;&lsquo;POSIX.2&rsquo;&rsquo;) specification.</p>
765
+
766
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>LEGACY
767
+ DESCRIPTION</b></p>
768
+
769
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">In legacy mode, the
770
+ <b>&minus;f</b> option does not turn on the <b>&minus;a</b>
771
+ option and the <b>&minus;g</b>, <b>&minus;n</b>, and
772
+ <b>&minus;o</b> options do not turn on the <b>&minus;l</b>
773
+ option.</p>
774
+
775
+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">Also, the
776
+ <b>&minus;o</b> option causes the file flags to be included
777
+ in a long (-l) output; there is no <b>&minus;O</b>
778
+ option.</p>
779
+
780
+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">When
781
+ <b>&minus;H</b> is specified (and not overridden by
782
+ <b>&minus;L</b> or <b>&minus;P</b>) and a file argument is a
783
+ symlink that resolves to a non-directory file, the output
784
+ will reflect the nature of the link, rather than that of the
785
+ file. In legacy operation, the output will describe the
786
+ file.</p>
787
+
788
+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">For more
789
+ information about legacy mode, see compat(5).</p>
790
+
791
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>SEE ALSO</b></p>
792
+
793
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">chflags(1), chmod(1), sort(1),
794
+ xterm(1), compat(5), termcap(5), symlink(7), sticky(8)</p>
795
+
796
+
797
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>STANDARDS</b></p>
798
+
799
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">The <b>ls</b> utility conforms
800
+ to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
801
+ (&lsquo;&lsquo;POSIX.1&rsquo;&rsquo;).</p>
802
+
803
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>HISTORY</b></p>
804
+
805
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">An <b>ls</b> command appeared in
806
+ Version&nbsp;1 AT&amp;T UNIX.</p>
807
+
808
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>BUGS</b></p>
809
+
810
+ <p style="margin-left:8%;">To maintain backward
811
+ compatibility, the relationships between the many options
812
+ are quite complex.</p>
813
+
814
+ <p style="margin-left:8%; margin-top: 1em">BSD May&nbsp;19,
815
+ 2002 BSD</p>
816
+ <hr>
817
+ </body>
818
+ </html>