ls / ll / la

List directory contents.

Synopsis

tofu ls [paths...] [flags]
tofu ll [paths...] [flags]   # Alias for ls -lh
tofu la [paths...] [flags]   # Alias for ls -lah

Description

List information about files and directories. By default, lists the current directory. The ll command is an alias for ls -lh (long format with human-readable sizes), and la is an alias for ls -lah (long format including hidden files).

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--all	-a	Do not ignore entries starting with .	false
--almost-all	-A	Do not list implied . and ..	false
--long	-l	Use long listing format	false
--human-readable	-h	Print sizes like 1K, 234M, 2G	false
--one-per-line	-1	List one file per line	false
--reverse	-r	Reverse sort order	false
--sort-by-time	-t	Sort by time, newest first	false
--sort-by-size	-S	Sort by size, largest first	false
--no-sort	-U	Do not sort; list in directory order	false
--classify	-F	Append indicator (*/=>@|) to entries	false
--directory	-d	List directories themselves, not contents	false
--recursive	-R	List subdirectories recursively	false
--inode	-i	Print inode number of each file	false
--size	-s	Print allocated size in blocks	false
--color		Colorize output: always, auto, never	auto
--group-dirs-first		Group directories before files	false
--no-group	-G	Don't print group names in long listing	false
--numeric-uid-gid	-n	List numeric user and group IDs	false

Examples

List current directory:

tofu ls

Long format with human-readable sizes:

tofu ls -lh
# Or use the alias:
tofu ll

Show all files including hidden:

tofu ls -la
# Or use the alias:
tofu la

Sort by modification time:

tofu ls -lt

Sort by size (largest first):

tofu ls -lS

Recursive listing:

tofu ls -R

Group directories first:

tofu ls --group-dirs-first

List specific files/directories:

tofu ls file1.txt dir1/ dir2/

Show file type indicators:

tofu ls -F