For each operand
that names a
file
of a type other than directory,
ls displays
its name
as well as
any requested,
associated
information.
For each operand
that
names
a file of type directory,
ls
displays
the names
of files contained
within
that directory,
as well as
any requested,
asso-ciated
information.
If no
operands
are given,
the contents
of
the current directory
are
displayed.
If more than
one
operand is given,
non-directory operands are displayed
first;
directory
and
non-directory operands
are sorted
separately
and in lexicographical order.
By default,
ls
lists one entry per line
to standard output;
the exceptions
are to
terminals or when the -C option
is specified.
File information
is displayed
with one or more s
separating the
information
associated with the
-i,
-s, and
-I options.
If the -I option
is given,
the following information
is displayed
for each file:
file mode,
number of links,
owner name,
group name,
number of bytes in the file,
abbreviated month,
day-of-month file was last modified,
hour file last modified,
minute file last modified,
and the pathname.
In addition, for
each directory
whose contents are
displayed,
the total number of
512-byte
blocks
used
by the
files in the directory
is displayed
on
a line by
itself
immediately before the information
for the files in the
directory.
