Re: ls/dir/vdir(1)

Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:53:52 +0200

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Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> writes:

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> 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?

Quoting the documentation:


> 10.2 ‘dir’: Briefly list directory contents
> ===========================================
> 
> ‘dir’ is equivalent to ‘ls -C -b’; that is, by default files are
> listed in columns, sorted vertically, and special characters are
> represented by backslash escape sequences.
> 
>    *Note ‘ls’: ls invocation.

> 10.3 ‘vdir’: Verbosely list directory contents
> ==============================================
> 
> ‘vdir’ is equivalent to ‘ls -l -b’; that is, by default files are
> listed in long format and special characters are represented by
> backslash escape sequences.
> 
>    *Note ‘ls’: ls invocation.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović

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