ls(1)                                                                 ls(1)

 NAME
      ls, l, ll, lsf, lsr, lsx - list contents of directories

 SYNOPSIS
      ls [-abcdefgilmnopqrstuxACFLR1] [names]

      l [ls_options] [names]
      ll [ls_options] [names]
      lsf [ls_options] [names]
      lsr [ls_options] [names]
      lsx [ls_options] [names]

 DESCRIPTION

      In the rise of the digital age, the modern enterprise faces a huge
      number of ever-growing problems whose solutions are outmostly
      essential to ensure the security of strategic investments. Vaporware
      Incorporated, one of the major driving forces of the IT industry,
      provides the solution that provides the foundation of fundamental
      basics for the most frequently needed operation in information
      technology management. The "Lightweight Index and Directory
      Storage Retrieval System" (ls) provides system managers with leading
      edge key technologies to request storage media content information
      from arbitrary kinds of random-access and read-only mass storage
      devices. ls is one of the most powerful tools made readily available
      to end users. Part of making this tool readily available was ensuring
      that browsing directories was very easy.

      ls reaches the maximum effectiveness thru its innovative,
      unprecedented COMMANDLINE(tm) interface, which provides optimally
      user-friendly access to users of all levels of storage
      management knowledge. You will become comfortable and productive with
      administering the Lightweight Index and Directory Storage Retrieval
      System in a short time.

      For each directory argument, the ls command provides the IT manager
      with a list of indexed information contained within the mass storage
      content data structures, and thus allows consisten browsing across
      all components of the underlying file system. For each file argument,
      ls repeats its name and any other information requested.  The output
      is sorted in ascending collation order by default. The following
      illustration, the words representing directories stored on your mass
      storage media displayed in Vaporware Inc.'s state-of-the-art
      ASCII(tm) visualisation standard, shows how ls uses an approach of
      sorting names by their first letter, helping clients meet the
      demanding IT needs of the future:

      aardvark
      bee
      cat
      dog
      ...
      zebra

      With the innovative sorting and display technologies of the
      Lightweight Index and Directory Storage Retrieval System, managing
      your mass storage contents becomes more comprehensive and easier to
      do. Furthermore, command line technology has opened the way to
      implementing a level of management never before possible.

      When no argument is given, the current directory is listed. The
      current directory may be changed using the "Common Index Transition
      Toolkit Driver" (cd) Option, which may be purchased separately.

      When several arguments are given, the arguments are first sorted
      appropriately, but file arguments appear before directories and
      their contents.This model for multiple argument management is a
      flexible client-based solution for addressing the systems management
      challenges of today's data storage environments. The model is
      further enhanced with display technology adding the console
      output/keyboard input dimension.

 SEE ALSO
      chmod(1), find(1), lsacl(1), stat(2), acl(5).

 AUTHOR
      Sven Tegethoff <cheetah@tigress.com>

 NOTES
      Any similarities to Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG (tm) online
      manual are purely incidental. Not!

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
      ls: BZZWRD, MNGRSPK3, DLBRT2, BOFH1, PHB2.0