ls/dir/vdir(1)

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:42:24 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-man
Message-ID	<alueABs-ZbwayZdu@devuan>

Hi,

I have some doubts about specific pages; let's start with ls/dir/vdir.

Experimentally, ls(1) and dir(1) seem to be exactly the same.  I'd like
to document dir(1) with a short page saying that it's equivalent to
ls(1).  Is this correct, or is there any subtle difference?

vdir(1) seems to be `ls -l`.  Is this also correct?  Or is there any
other subtle difference?


Are there any other coreutils commands that are similarly equivalent and
whose page could be similarly simplified?


Have a lovely day!
Alex

-- 
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>

signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, 833 B)