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+ls(P) ls(P)
+
+
+
+
+
+NAME
+ ls - list directory contents
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ ls [-CFRacdilqrtu1][-H | -L ][-fgmnopsx][file...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ For each operand that names a file of a type other than
+ directory or symbolic link to a directory, ls shall
+ write the name of the file as well as any requested,
+ associated information. For each operand that names a
+ file of type directory, ls shall write the names of
+ files contained within the directory as well as any
+ requested, associated information. If one of the -d, -F,
+ or -l options are specified, and one of the -H or -L
+ options are not specified, for each operand that names a
+ file of type symbolic link to a directory, ls shall
+ write the name of the file as well as any requested,
+ associated information. If none of the -d, -F, or -l
+ options are specified, or the -H or -L options are spec-
+ ified, for each operand that names a file of type sym-
+ bolic link to a directory, ls shall write the names of
+ files contained within the directory as well as any
+ requested, associated information.
+
+ If no operands are specified, ls shall write the con-
+ tents of the current directory. If more than one operand
+ is specified, ls shall write non-directory operands
+ first; it shall sort directory and non-directory oper-
+ ands separately according to the collating sequence in
+ the current locale.
+
+ The ls utility shall detect infinite loops; that is,
+ entering a previously visited directory that is an
+ ancestor of the last file encountered. When it detects
+ an infinite loop, ls shall write a diagnostic message to
+ standard error and shall either recover its position in
+ the hierarchy or terminate.
+
+OPTIONS
+ The ls utility shall conform to the Base Definitions
+ volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2, Utility
+ Syntax Guidelines.
+
+ The following options shall be supported:
+
+ -C Write multi-text-column output with entries
+ sorted down the columns, according to the collat-
+ ing sequence. The number of text columns and the
+ column separator characters are unspecified, but
+ should be adapted to the nature of the output
+ device.
+
+ -F Do not follow symbolic links named as operands
+ unless the -H or -L options are specified. Write
+ a slash ( '/' ) immediately after each pathname
+ that is a directory, an asterisk ( '*' ) after
+ each that is executable, a vertical bar ( '|' )
+ after each that is a FIFO, and an at sign ( '@' )
+ after each that is a symbolic link. For other
+ file types, other symbols may be written.
+
+ -H If a symbolic link referencing a file of type
+ directory is specified on the command line, ls
+ shall evaluate the file information and file type
+ to be those of the file referenced by the link,
+ and not the link itself; however, ls shall write
+ the name of the link itself and not the file ref-
+ erenced by the link.
+
+ -L Evaluate the file information and file type for
+ all symbolic links (whether named on the command
+ line or encountered in a file hierarchy) to be
+ those of the file referenced by the link, and not
+ the link itself; however, ls shall write the name
+ of the link itself and not the file referenced by
+ the link. When -L is used with -l, write the con-
+ tents of symbolic links in the long format (see
+ the STDOUT section).
+
+ -R Recursively list subdirectories encountered.
+
+ -a Write out all directory entries, including those
+ whose names begin with a period ( '.' ). Entries
+ beginning with a period shall not be written out
+ unless explicitly referenced, the -a option is
+ supplied, or an implementation-defined condition
+ shall cause them to be written.
+
+ -c Use time of last modification of the file status
+ information (see <sys/stat.h> in the System
+ Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001)
+ instead of last modification of the file itself
+ for sorting ( -t) or writing ( -l).
+
+ -d Do not follow symbolic links named as operands
+ unless the -H or -L options are specified. Do not
+ treat directories differently than other types of
+ files. The use of -d with -R produces unspecified
+ results.
+
+ -f Force each argument to be interpreted as a direc-
+ tory and list the name found in each slot. This
+ option shall turn off -l, -t, -s, and -r, and
+ shall turn on -a; the order is the order in which
+ entries appear in the directory.
+
+ -g The same as -l, except that the owner shall not
+ be written.
+
+ -i For each file, write the file's file serial num-
+ ber (see stat() in the System Interfaces volume
+ of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001).
+
+ -l (The letter ell.) Do not follow symbolic links
+ named as operands unless the -H or -L options are
+ specified. Write out in long format (see the STD-
+ OUT section). When -l (ell) is specified, -1
+ (one) shall be assumed.
+
+ -m Stream output format; list files across the page,
+ separated by commas.
+
+ -n The same as -l, except that the owner's UID and
+ GID numbers shall be written, rather than the
+ associated character strings.
+
+ -o The same as -l, except that the group shall not
+ be written.
+
+ -p Write a slash ( '/' ) after each filename if that
+ file is a directory.
+
+ -q Force each instance of non-printable filename
+ characters and <tab>s to be written as the ques-
+ tion-mark ( '?' ) character. Implementations may
+ provide this option by default if the output is
+ to a terminal device.
+
+ -r Reverse the order of the sort to get reverse col-
+ lating sequence or oldest first.
+
+ -s Indicate the total number of file system blocks
+ consumed by each file displayed. The block size
+ is implementation-defined. <img
+ src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
+ border="0">
+
+ -t Sort with the primary key being time modified
+ (most recently modified first) and the secondary
+ key being filename in the collating sequence.
+
+ -u Use time of last access (see <sys/stat.h>)
+ instead of last modification of the file for
+ sorting ( -t) or writing ( -l).
+
+ -x The same as -C, except that the multi-text-column
+ output is produced with entries sorted across,
+ rather than down, the columns.
+
+ -1 (The numeric digit one.) Force output to be one
+ entry per line.
+
+
+ Specifying more than one of the options in the following
+ mutually-exclusive pairs shall not be considered an
+ error: -C and -l (ell), -m and -l (ell), -x and -l
+ (ell), -C and -1 (one), -H and -L, -c and -u. The last
+ option specified in each pair shall determine the output
+ format.
+
+OPERANDS
+ The following operand shall be supported:
+
+ file A pathname of a file to be written. If the file
+ specified is not found, a diagnostic message
+ shall be output on standard error.
+
+
+STDIN
+ Not used.
+
+INPUT FILES
+ None.
+
+ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+ The following environment variables shall affect the
+ execution of ls:
+
+ COLUMNS
+ Determine the user's preferred column position
+ width for writing multiple text-column output. If
+ this variable contains a string representing a
+ decimal integer, the ls utility shall calculate
+ how many pathname text columns to write (see -C)
+ based on the width provided. If COLUMNS is not
+ set or invalid, an implementation-defined number
+ of column positions shall be assumed, based on
+ the implementation's knowledge of the output
+ device. The column width chosen to write the
+ names of files in any given directory shall be
+ constant. Filenames shall not be truncated to fit
+ into the multiple text-column output.
+
+ LANG Provide a default value for the internationaliza-
+ tion variables that are unset or null. (See the
+ Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
+ Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for
+ the precedence of internationalization variables
+ used to determine the values of locale cate-
+ gories.)
+
+ LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the
+ values of all the other internationalization
+ variables.
+
+ LC_COLLATE
+
+ Determine the locale for character collation
+ information in determining the pathname collation
+ sequence.
+
+ LC_CTYPE
+ Determine the locale for the interpretation of
+ sequences of bytes of text data as characters
+ (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-
+ byte characters in arguments) and which charac-
+ ters are defined as printable (character class
+ print).
+
+ LC_MESSAGES
+ Determine the locale that should be used to
+ affect the format and contents of diagnostic mes-
+ sages written to standard error.
+
+ LC_TIME
+ Determine the format and contents for date and
+ time strings written by ls.
+
+ NLSPATH
+ Determine the location of message catalogs for
+ the processing of LC_MESSAGES .
+
+ TZ Determine the timezone for date and time strings
+ written by ls. If TZ is unset or null, an
+ unspecified default timezone shall be used.
+
+
+ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
+ Default.
+
+STDOUT
+ The default format shall be to list one entry per line
+ to standard output; the exceptions are to terminals or
+ when one of the -C, -m, or -x options is specified.
+ If the output is to a terminal, the format is implemen-
+ tation-defined.
+
+ When -m is specified, the format used shall be:
+
+
+ "%s, %s, ...\n", <filename1>, <filename2>
+
+ where the largest number of filenames shall be written
+ without exceeding the length of the line.
+
+ If the -i option is specified, the file's file serial
+ number (see <sys/stat.h>) shall be written in the fol-
+ lowing format before any other output for the corre-
+ sponding entry:
+
+
+ %u ", <file serial number>
+
+ If the -l option is specified without -L, the following
+ information shall be written:
+
+
+ "%s %u %s %s %u %s %s\n", <file mode>, <number of links>,
+ <owner name>, <group name>, <number of bytes in the file>,
+ <date and time>, <pathname>
+
+ If the file is a symbolic link, this information shall
+ be about the link itself and the <pathname> field shall
+ be of the form:
+
+
+ "%s -> %s", <pathname of link>, <contents of link>
+
+ If both -l and -L are specified, the following informa-
+ tion shall be written:
+
+
+ "%s %u %s %s %u %s %s\n", <file mode>, <number of links>,
+ <owner name>, <group name>, <number of bytes in the file>,
+ <date and time>, <pathname of link>
+
+ where all fields except <pathname of link> shall be for
+ the file resolved from the symbolic link.
+
+ The -g, -n, and -o options use the same format as -l,
+ but with omitted items and their associated <blank>s.
+ See the OPTIONS section.
+
+ In both the preceding -l forms, if <owner name> or
+ <group name> cannot be determined, or if -n is given,
+ they shall be replaced with their associated numeric
+ values using the format %u .
+
+ The <date and time> field shall contain the appropriate
+ date and timestamp of when the file was last modified.
+ In the POSIX locale, the field shall be the equivalent
+ of the output of the following date command:
+
+
+ date "+%b %e %H:%M"
+
+ if the file has been modified in the last six months,
+ or:
+
+
+ date "+%b %e %Y"
+
+ (where two <space>s are used between %e and %Y ) if the
+ file has not been modified in the last six months or if
+ the modification date is in the future, except that, in
+ both cases, the final <newline> produced by date shall
+ not be included and the output shall be as if the date
+ command were executed at the time of the last modifica-
+ tion date of the file rather than the current time. When
+ the LC_TIME locale category is not set to the POSIX
+ locale, a different format and order of presentation of
+ this field may be used.
+
+ If the file is a character special or block special
+ file, the size of the file may be replaced with imple-
+ mentation-defined information associated with the device
+ in question.
+
+ If the pathname was specified as a file operand, it
+ shall be written as specified.
+
+ The file mode written under the -l, -g, -n, and -o
+ options shall consist of the following format:
+
+
+ "%c%s%s%s%c", <entry type>, <owner permissions>,
+ <group permissions>, <other permissions>,
+ <optional alternate access method flag>
+
+ The <optional alternate access method flag> shall be a
+ single <space> if there is no alternate or additional
+ access control method associated with the file; other-
+ wise, a printable character shall be used.
+
+ The <entry type> character shall describe the type of
+ file, as follows:
+
+ d Directory.
+
+ b Block special file.
+
+ c Character special file.
+
+ l (ell)
+ Symbolic link.
+
+ p FIFO.
+
+ - Regular file.
+
+
+ Implementations may add other characters to this list to
+ represent other implementation-defined file types.
+
+ The next three fields shall be three characters each:
+
+ <owner permissions>
+
+ Permissions for the file owner class (see the
+ Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
+ Section 4.4, File Access Permissions).
+
+ <group permissions>
+
+ Permissions for the file group class.
+
+ <other permissions>
+
+ Permissions for the file other class.
+
+
+ Each field shall have three character positions:
+
+ If 'r' , the file is readable; if '-' , the file is not
+ readable.
+
+ If 'w' , the file is writable; if '-' , the file is not
+ writable.
+
+ The first of the following that applies:
+
+ S If in <owner permissions>, the file is not exe-
+ cutable and set-user-ID mode is set. If in
+ <group permissions>, the file is not executable
+ and set-group-ID mode is set.
+
+ s If in <owner permissions>, the file is executable
+ and set-user-ID mode is set. If in <group permis-
+ sions>, the file is executable and set-group-ID
+ mode is set.
+
+ T If in <other permissions> and the file is a
+ directory, search permission is not granted to
+ others, and the restricted deletion flag is set.
+
+ t If in <other permissions> and the file is a
+ directory, search permission is granted to oth-
+ ers, and the restricted deletion flag is set.
+
+ x The file is executable or the directory is
+ searchable.
+
+ - None of the attributes of 'S' , 's' , 'T' , 't' ,
+ or 'x' applies.
+
+
+ Implementations may add other characters to this list
+ for the third character position. Such additions shall,
+ however, be written in lowercase if the file is exe-
+ cutable or searchable, and in uppercase if it is not.
+
+ If any of the -l, -g, -n, -o, or -s options is speci-
+ fied, each list of files within the directory shall be
+ preceded by a status line indicating the number of file
+ system blocks occupied by files in the directory in
+ 512-byte units, rounded up to the next integral number
+ of units, if necessary. In the POSIX locale, the format
+ shall be:
+
+
+ "total %u\n", <number of units in the directory>
+
+ If more than one directory, or a combination of non-
+ directory files and directories are written, either as a
+ result of specifying multiple operands, or the -R
+ option, each list of files within a directory shall be
+ preceded by:
+
+
+ "\n%s:\n", <directory name>
+
+ If this string is the first thing to be written, the
+ first <newline> shall not be written. This output shall
+ precede the number of units in the directory.
+
+ If the -s option is given, each file shall be written
+ with the number of blocks used by the file. Along with
+ -C, -1, -m, or -x, the number and a <space> shall pre-
+ cede the filename; with -g, -l, -n, or -o, they shall
+ precede each line describing a file.
+
+STDERR
+ The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic
+ messages.
+
+OUTPUT FILES
+ None.
+
+EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
+ None.
+
+EXIT STATUS
+ The following exit values shall be returned:
+
+ 0 Successful completion.
+
+ >0 An error occurred.
+
+
+CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
+ Default.
+
+ The following sections are informative.
+
+APPLICATION USAGE
+ Many implementations use the equal sign ( '=' ) to
+ denote sockets bound to the file system for the -F
+ option. Similarly, many historical implementations use
+ the 's' character to denote sockets as the entry type
+ characters for the -l option.
+
+ It is difficult for an application to use every part of
+ the file modes field of ls -l in a portable manner.
+ Certain file types and executable bits are not guaran-
+ teed to be exactly as shown, as implementations may have
+ extensions. Applications can use this field to pass
+ directly to a user printout or prompt, but actions based
+ on its contents should generally be deferred, instead,
+ to the test utility.
+
+ The output of ls (with the -l and related options) con-
+ tains information that logically could be used by utili-
+ ties such as chmod and touch to restore files to a known
+ state. However, this information is presented in a for-
+ mat that cannot be used directly by those utilities or
+ be easily translated into a format that can be used. A
+ character has been added to the end of the permissions
+ string so that applications at least have an indication
+ that they may be working in an area they do not under-
+ stand instead of assuming that they can translate the
+ permissions string into something that can be used.
+ Future issues or related documents may define one or
+ more specific characters to be used based on different
+ standard additional or alternative access control mecha-
+ nisms.
+
+ As with many of the utilities that deal with filenames,
+ the output of ls for multiple files or in one of the
+ long listing formats must be used carefully on systems
+ where filenames can contain embedded white space. Sys-
+ tems and system administrators should institute policies
+ and user training to limit the use of such filenames.
+
+ The number of disk blocks occupied by the file that it
+ reports varies depending on underlying file system type,
+ block size units reported, and the method of calculating
+ the number of blocks. On some file system types, the
+ number is the actual number of blocks occupied by the
+ file (counting indirect blocks and ignoring holes in the
+ file); on others it is calculated based on the file size
+ (usually making an allowance for indirect blocks, but
+ ignoring holes).
+
+EXAMPLES
+ An example of a small directory tree being fully listed
+ with ls -laRF a in the POSIX locale:
+
+
+ total 11
+ drwxr-xr-x 3 hlj prog 64 Jul 4 12:07 ./
+ drwxrwxrwx 4 hlj prog 3264 Jul 4 12:09 ../
+ drwxr-xr-x 2 hlj prog 48 Jul 4 12:07 b/
+ -rwxr--r-- 1 hlj prog 572 Jul 4 12:07 foo*
+
+
+ a/b:
+ total 4
+ drwxr-xr-x 2 hlj prog 48 Jul 4 12:07 ./
+ drwxr-xr-x 3 hlj prog 64 Jul 4 12:07 ../
+ -rw-r--r-- 1 hlj prog 700 Jul 4 12:07 bar
+
+RATIONALE
+ Some historical implementations of the ls utility show
+ all entries in a directory except dot and dot-dot when a
+ superuser invokes ls without specifying the -a option.
+ When "normal" users invoke ls without specifying -a,
+ they should not see information about any files with
+ names beginning with a period unless they were named as
+ file operands.
+
+ Implementations are expected to traverse arbitrary
+ depths when processing the -R option. The only limita-
+ tion on depth should be based on running out of physical
+ storage for keeping track of untraversed directories.
+
+ The -1 (one) option was historically found in BSD and
+ BSD-derived implementations only. It is required in this
+ volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 so that conforming appli-
+ cations might ensure that output is one entry per line,
+ even if the output is to a terminal.
+
+ Generally, this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 is silent
+ about what happens when options are given multiple
+ times. In the cases of -C, -l, and -1, however, it does
+ specify the results of these overlapping options. Since
+ ls is one of the most aliased commands, it is important
+ that the implementation perform intuitively. For exam-
+ ple, if the alias were:
+
+
+ alias ls="ls -C"
+
+ and the user typed ls -1, single-text-column output
+ should result, not an error.
+
+ The BSD ls provides a -A option (like -a, but dot and
+ dot-dot are not written out). The small difference from
+ -a did not seem important enough to require both.
+
+ Implementations may make -q the default for terminals to
+ prevent trojan horse attacks on terminals with special
+ escape sequences. This is not required because:
+
+ Some control characters may be useful on some
+ terminals; for example, a system might write them
+ as "\001" or "^A" .
+
+ Special behavior for terminals is not relevant to
+ applications portability.
+
+ An early proposal specified that the optional alternate
+ access method flag had to be '+' if there was an alter-
+ nate access method used on the file or <space> if there
+ was not. This was changed to be <space> if there is not
+ and a single printable character if there is. This was
+ done for three reasons:
+
+ There are historical implementations using characters
+ other than '+' .
+
+ There are implementations that vary this character used
+ in that position to distinguish between various alter-
+ nate access methods in use.
+
+ The standard developers did not want to preclude future
+ specifications that might need a way to specify more
+ than one alternate access method.
+
+ Nonetheless, implementations providing a single alter-
+ nate access method are encouraged to use '+' .
+
+ In an early proposal, the units used to specify the num-
+ ber of blocks occupied by files in a directory in an ls
+ -l listing were implementation-defined. This was because
+ BSD systems have historically used 1024-byte units and
+ System V systems have historically used 512-byte units.
+ It was pointed out by BSD developers that their system
+ has used 512-byte units in some places and 1024-byte
+ units in other places. (System V has consistently used
+ 512.) Therefore, this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
+ usually specifies 512. Future releases of BSD are
+ expected to consistently provide 512 bytes as a default
+ with a way of specifying 1024-byte units where appropri-
+ ate.
+
+ The <date and time> field in the -l format is specified
+ only for the POSIX locale. As noted, the format can be
+ different in other locales. No mechanism for defining
+ this is present in this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
+ as the appropriate vehicle is a messaging system; that
+ is, the format should be specified as a "message".
+
+FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+ The -s uses implementation-defined units and cannot be
+ used portably; it may be withdrawn in a future version.
+
+SEE ALSO
+ chmod() , find , the System Interfaces volume of
+ IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, stat(), the Base Definitions vol-
+ ume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/stat.h>
+
+COPYRIGHT
+ Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in
+ electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
+ Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operat-
+ ing System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Speci-
+ fications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Insti-
+ tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and
+ The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
+ this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
+ Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+ is the referee document. The original Standard can be
+ obtained online at http://www.open-
+ group.org/unix/online.html .
+
+
+
+POSIX 2003 ls(P)