ls-F

NAME

ls-F - fast replacement for 'ls -F'

SYNOPSIS

ls-F [-switch ...] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

This command is a C-shell built-in command.

The ls-F(1) command lists files like 'ls -F' does, but does so much faster. It identifies each type of special file in the listing with a special character:

/

Directory

*

Executable

#

Block device

%

Character device

|

Named pipe (systems with named pipes only)

=

Socket (systems with sockets only)

@

Symbolic link (systems with symbolic links only)

+

Hidden directory (AIX only) or context dependent (HP/UX only)

:

Network special (HP/UX only)

If the listlinks shell variable is set, symbolic links are identified in more detail (on systems which have them):

@

Symbolic link to a nondirectory

>

Symbolic link to a directory

&

Symbolic link to nowhere

The listlinks shell variable also slows down ls-F and causes partitions holding files pointed to by symbolic links to be mounted.

If the listflags shell variable is set to 'x', 'a' or 'A', or any combination of these (such as 'xA'), they are used as flags to ls-F, making it act like 'ls -xF', 'ls -Fa', 'ls -FA' or a combination (such as 'ls -FxA'). On computers where 'ls -C' is not the default, ls-F acts like 'ls -CF', unless listflags contains an 'x', in which case it acts like 'ls -xF'. The ls-F command passes its arguments to ls(1) if it is given any switches, so 'alias ls ls-F' usually behaves correctly. The ls-F command includes file-identification characters when sorting file names; this is a bug.