DIR(1) General Commands Manual DIR(1) (NAME) dir - . '.' (SYNOPSIS) dir [OPTION]... [FILE]... (DESCRIPTION) . '.' . (OPTIONS) --help . --format . -C . -l, --long ( ). -x . -T, --tabsize COLS -m . --zero ASCII NUL. -D, --dired dired ( ) Emacs --hyperlink[=] [: never] WHEN : o always o auto o never -1 . -o . --format=long --no-group. -g . -n, --numeric-uid-gid -l UID GID . --quoting-style . : o literal o locale o shell o shell-escape o shell-always o shell-escape-always o clocale o c o escape -N, --literal (literal). `--quoting-style=literal` -b, --escape (escape). `--quoting-style=escape` -Q, --quote-name C. `--quoting-style=c` -q, --hide-control-chars '?' . --show-control-chars . --time ``: (-u): atime, access, use (-t): ctime, status. : mtime, modification. : birth, creation -c ( -l -o) ('ctime' inode) . (--sort=time -t) . -u ( -l -o) . (--sort=time -t) . --hide PATTERN ( -a -A ) -I, --ignore PATTERN -B, --ignore-backups ~ . --sort ``: name, none (-U), time (-t), size (-S), extension (-X) width : o name o none o time o size o version o extension o width -S . -t ('mtime' inode) . -v () . -X . -U . . -L, --dereference . --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir . -H, --dereference-command-line ..TP -G, --no-group . --author . . -a, --all ( '.' ) . -A, --almost-all '.' '.' '..' . -f . -aU. --color . -d, --directory . `--dereference-command-line (-H)` `--dereference (-L)` `--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir` . -h, --human-readable ( 1K 234M 56G). -k, --kibibytes -s --si . --block-size BLOCK_SIZE -i, --inode (inode) -r, --reverse . -R, --recursive . -w, --width COLS . -s, --size --color . : o always o auto o never --indicator-style WORD : none () slash (-p) file-type (--file-type) classify (-F) : o none o slash o file-type o classify -F, --classify[=] . '*' . '/' '@' '|' FIFO '=' '>' door . when : none - . . auto - . always - . --classify when --classify=always . --dereference-command-line (-H) --dereference (-L) --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir . : o always o auto o never --file-type --classify '*' -p / . --time-style / -l TIME_STYLE --full-time -l --time-style=full-iso -Z, --context --group-directories-first --sort --sort=none (-U) -V, --version .SH " (EXTRA)" TIME_STYLE full-iso long-iso iso locale +FORMAT . FORMAT date . TIME_STYLE . (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 DIR(1)