If the long listing format (e.g., -l, -o) is being used, print the status change time (the 'ctime' in the inode) instead of the modification time. When explicitly sorting by time (--sort=time or -t) or when not using a long listing format, sort according to the status change time.

-u

If the long listing format (e.g., -l, -o) is being used, print the status access time instead of the modification time. When explicitly sorting by time (--sort=time or -t) or when not using a long listing format, sort according to the access time.

--hide=PATTERN

do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN (overridden by -a or -A)

-I, --ignore=PATTERN

do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN

-B, --ignore-backups

Ignore entries which end with ~.

--sort=field

Sort by <field>: name, none (-U), time (-t), size (-S), extension (-X) or width

[possible values: name, none, time, size, version, extension, width]

-S

Sort by file size, largest first.

-t

Sort by modification time (the 'mtime' in the inode), newest first.

-v

Natural sort of (version) numbers in the filenames.

-X

Sort alphabetically by entry extension.

-U

Do not sort; list the files in whatever order they are stored in the directory. This is especially useful when listing very large directories, since not doing any sorting can be noticeably faster.

-L, --dereference

When showing file information for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link references rather than the link itself.

--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir

Do not follow symlinks except when they link to directories and are given as command line arguments.

-H, --dereference-command-line

Do not follow symlinks except when given as command line arguments.

-G, --no-group

Do not show group in long format.

--author

Show author in long format. On the supported platforms, the author always matches the file owner.

-a, --all

Do not ignore hidden files (files with names that start with '.').

-A, --almost-all

In a directory, do not ignore all file names that start with '.', only ignore '.' and '..'.

-d, --directory

Only list the names of directories, rather than listing directory contents. This will not follow symbolic links unless one of `--dereference-command-line (-H)`, `--dereference (-L)`, or `--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir` is specified.

-h, --human-readable

Print human readable file sizes (e.g. 1K 234M 56G).

-k, --kibibytes

default to 1024-byte blocks for file system usage; used only with -s and per directory totals

--si

Print human readable file sizes using powers of 1000 instead of 1024.

--block-size=BLOCK_SIZE

scale sizes by BLOCK_SIZE when printing them

-i, --inode

print the index number of each file

-r, --reverse

Reverse whatever the sorting method is e.g., list files in reverse alphabetical order, youngest first, smallest first, or whatever.

-R, --recursive

List the contents of all directories recursively.

-w, --width=COLS

Assume that the terminal is COLS columns wide.

-s, --size

print the allocated size of each file, in blocks

--color

Color output based on file type.

[possible values: always, auto, never]

--indicator-style

Append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), slash (-p), file-type (--file-type), classify (-F)

[possible values: none, slash, file-type, classify]

-F, --classify=when

Append a character to each file name indicating the file type. Also, for regular files that are executable, append '*'. The file type indicators are '/' for directories, '@' for symbolic links, '|' for FIFOs, '=' for sockets, '>' for doors, and nothing for regular files. when may be omitted, or one of: none - Do not classify. This is the default. auto - Only classify if standard output is a terminal. always - Always classify. Specifying --classify and no when is equivalent to --classify=always. This will not follow symbolic links listed on the command line unless the --dereference-command-line (-H), --dereference (-L), or --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir options are specified.

[possible values: always, auto, never]

--file-type