z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

Description
Options
ls lists files and directories. If the pathname is a file, ls displays information on the
file according to the requested options. If it is a directory, ls displays information on
the files and subdirectories therein. You can get information on a directory itself
using the –d option.
If you do not specify any options, ls displays only the filenames. When ls sends
output to a pipe or a file, it writes one name per line; when it sends output to the
terminal, it uses the –C (multicolumn) format.
Note: Codesets which are aliases of each other exist which may cause the test to
fail, since the file inquiry operator may return an alias of the codeset you are
testing.
ls displays at least the filename; you can request more information with the
following options:
–A Lists all entries including those starting with periods (.); but excluding any .
or .. entries.
–a Lists all entries including those starting with a period (.).
–b Displays nonprintable characters as octal bytes with the form \ooo.
–C Puts output into columns, sorted vertically; this is the default output format
to the terminal.
–c Uses the time of the last change of the file’s attributes for sorting (–t) or
displaying (–l) .
–d Does not display the contents of named directories, but information on the
directories themselves.
–D Displays from directories.
–E Displays extended attributes for regular files:
a Program runs APF-authorized if linked AC=1
p Program is considered program-controlled
s Program is enabled to run in a shared address space
l Program is loaded from the shared library region
— Attribute not set
See “Long Output Format” on page 365.
–F Puts a / after each directory name, a * after every executable file, a | after
every FIFO file, a @ after every symbolic link, and a = after every socket. It
also puts an & character after an external link name.
–f Forces the pathname argument to be a directory; turns off sorting. ls gives
the ordered list of filenames in a directory file. The directory file is read and
the filenames are listed in the same order as they are returned. The
contents of a directory file are shown.
–g Same as –l except that it does not display owner.
–g turns on the Long Output Format. See “Long Output Format” on page
365 for details.
ls
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