Linux "vdir" Command Line Options and Examples
list directory contents
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Usage:
vdir [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Command Line Options:
-cftuvSUX
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
vdir -cftuvSUX ...
-a
do not ignore entries starting with .
vdir -a ...
-A
do not list implied . and ..
vdir -A ...
--author
with -l, print the author of each file
vdir --author ...
-b
print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters
vdir -b ...
--block-size
scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., '--block-size=M' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576bytes; see SIZE format below
vdir --block-size ...
-B
do not list implied entries ending with ~
vdir -B ...
-C
list entries by columns
vdir -C ...
--color[
colorize the output; WHEN can be 'always' (default if omitted), 'auto', or 'never'; more info below
vdir --color[ ...
-d
list directories themselves, not their contents
vdir -d ...
-D
generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
vdir -D ...
-f
enable -aU disable -ls --color
vdir -f ...
-F
append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
vdir -F ...
--file-type
likewise, except do not append '*'
vdir --file-type ...
--format
across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
vdir --format ...
--full-time
like -l --time-style=full-iso
vdir --full-time ...
-g
but do not list owner
vdir -g ...
--group-directories-first
group directories before files;can be augmented with a --sort option, but any use of --sort=none (-U) disables grouping
vdir --group-directories-first ...
-G
in a long listing, don't print group names
vdir -G ...
-h
with -l and/or -s, print human readable sizes (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
vdir -h ...
--si
but use powers of 1000 not 1024
vdir --si ...
-H
follow symbolic links listed on the command line
vdir -H ...
--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
follow each command line symbolic linkthat points to a directory
vdir --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir ...
--hide
do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN (overridden by -a or -A)
vdir --hide ...
--hyperlink[
hyperlink file names; WHEN can be 'always' (default if omitted), 'auto', or 'never'
vdir --hyperlink[ ...
--indicator-style
append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), slash (-p), file-type (--file-type),classify (-F)
vdir --indicator-style ...
-i
print the index number of each file
vdir -i ...
-I
do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
vdir -I ...
-k
default to 1024-byte blocks for disk usage
vdir -k ...
-l
use a long listing format
vdir -l ...
-L
when showing file information for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link referencesrather than for the link itself
vdir -L ...
-m
fill width with a comma separated list of entries
vdir -m ...
-n
like -l, but list numeric user and group IDs
vdir -n ...
-N
print entry names without quoting
vdir -N ...
-o
but do not list group information
vdir -o ...
-p
append / indicator to directories
vdir -p ...
-q
print ? instead of nongraphic characters
vdir -q ...
--show-control-chars
show nongraphic characters as-is (the default, unless program is 'ls' and output is a terminal)
vdir --show-control-chars ...
-Q
enclose entry names in double quotes
vdir -Q ...
--quoting-style
use quoting style WORD for entry names: literal, locale, shell, shell-always, shell-escape,shell-escape-always, c, escape
vdir --quoting-style ...
-r
reverse order while sorting
vdir -r ...
-R
list subdirectories recursively
vdir -R ...
-s
print the allocated size of each file, in blocks
vdir -s ...
--sort
sort by WORD instead of name: none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)
vdir --sort ...
--time
with -l, show time as WORD instead of default modification time: atime or access or use (-u); ctime orstatus (-c); also use specified time as sort key if --sort=time (newest first)
vdir --time ...
--time-style
with -l, show times using style STYLE: full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, or +FORMAT; FORMAT is inter‐preted like in 'date'; if FORMAT is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, then FORMAT1 applies to non-recent filesand FORMAT2 to recent files; if STYLE is prefixed with 'posix-', STYLE takes effect only outside thePOSIX locale
vdir --time-style ...
-t
sort by modification time, newest first
vdir -t ...
-T
assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
vdir -T ...
-U
do not sort; list entries in directory order
vdir -U ...
-v
natural sort of (version) numbers within text
vdir -v ...
-w
set output width to COLS. 0 means no limit
vdir -w ...
-x
list entries by lines instead of by columns
vdir -x ...
-X
sort alphabetically by entry extension
vdir -X ...
-Z
print any security context of each file
vdir -Z ...
-1
list one file per line. Avoid '\n' with -q or -b
vdir -1 ...
--help
display this help and exit
vdir --help ...
--version
output version information and exitThe SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (pow‐ers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000).Using color to distinguish file types is disabled both by default and with --color=never. With --color=auto,ls emits color codes only when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment variablecan change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.Exit status:0 if OK,1 if minor problems (e.g., cannot access subdirectory),2 if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access command-line argument).AUTHORWritten by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report vdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐mitted by law.
vdir --version ...