nushell/docs/commands/ls.md

title	layout	version
ls	command	0.59.1

List the files in a directory.

Signature

> ls (pattern) --all --long --short-names --full-paths --du

Parameters

• pattern: the glob pattern to use
• --all: Show hidden files
• --long: List all available columns for each entry
• --short-names: Only print the file names and not the path
• --full-paths: display paths as absolute paths
• --du: Display the apparent directory size in place of the directory metadata size

Examples

List all files in the current directory

> ls

List all files in a subdirectory

> ls subdir

List all rust files

> ls *.rs

List all files and directories whose name do not contain 'bar'

> ls -s | where name !~ bar

List all dirs with full path name in your home directory

> ls -f ~ | where type == dir

List all dirs in your home directory which have not been modified in 7 days

> ls -s ~ | where type == dir && modified < ((date now) - 7day)