dir
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Synopsis
dir
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
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examples
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How can I create several folders?
You are looking for the -p argument:
-p, --parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
so the command you need is:
$ mkdir /home/user/TEST1/TEST2/TEST3/ -p
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NAS Drive Not Correctly Reporting Files, Directories from a DOS/Command prompt in WIN7
Windows 7 is not able to access ext3 drives without 3rd party
software installed, so if the drive uses ext3, how are you able
to access the drive via the GUI? More than likely the NAS drive
is not formatted as ext3.
How are you using dir to access the NAS? What command
are you using? Have you mapped the drive to a drive letter first
(via the Windows Explorer / Tools menu / Map Network
Drive option)?
description
List
information about the FILEs (the current directory by
default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of
-cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
-a, --all
do not ignore entries starting
with .
-A,
--almost-all
do not list implied . and
..
--author
with -l, print the
author of each file
-b,
--escape
print C-style escapes for
nongraphic characters
--block-size=SIZE
scale sizes by SIZE before
printing them. E.g.,
’--block-size=M’ prints sizes
in units of 1,048,576 bytes. See SIZE format below.
-B,
--ignore-backups
do not list implied entries
ending with ~
-c
with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of
last modification of file status information) with
-l: show ctime and sort by name otherwise: sort
by ctime, newest first
-C
list entries by columns
--color[=WHEN]
colorize the output. WHEN
defaults to ’always’ or can be
’never’ or ’auto’. More info
below
-d,
--directory
list directory entries instead
of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links
-D,
--dired
generate output designed for
Emacs’ dired mode
-f
do not sort, enable -aU, disable
-ls --color
-F,
--classify
append indicator (one of
*/=>@|) to entries
--file-type
likewise, except do not append
’*’
--format=WORD
across -x, commas
-m, horizontal -x, long
-l, single-column -1,
verbose -l, vertical -C
--full-time
like -l
--time-style=full-iso
-g
like -l, but do not list owner
--group-directories-first
group directories before
files.
augment with a
--sort option, but any use of
--sort=none (-U)
disables grouping
-G,
--no-group
in a long listing, don’t
print group names
-h,
--human-readable
with -l, print
sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
--si
likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
-H,
--dereference-command-line
follow symbolic links listed on
the command line
--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
follow each command line
symbolic link that points to a directory
--hide=PATTERN
do not list implied entries
matching shell PATTERN (overridden by -a or
-A)
--indicator-style=WORD
append indicator with style
WORD to entry names: none (default), slash
(-p), file-type
(--file-type), classify
(-F)
-i,
--inode
print the index number of each
file
-I,
--ignore=PATTERN
do not list implied entries
matching shell PATTERN
-k,
--kibibytes
use 1024-byte blocks
-l
use a long listing format
-L,
--dereference
when showing file information
for a symbolic link, show information for the file the link
references rather than for the link itself
-m
fill width with a comma separated list of entries
-n,
--numeric-uid-gid
like -l, but list
numeric user and group IDs
-N,
--literal
print raw entry names
(don’t treat e.g. control characters specially)
-o
like -l, but do not list group
information
-p,
--indicator-style=slash
append / indicator to
directories
-q,
--hide-control-chars
print ? instead of non graphic
characters
--show-control-chars
show non graphic characters
as-is (default unless program is ’ls’ and
output is a terminal)
-Q,
--quote-name
enclose entry names in double
quotes
--quoting-style=WORD
use quoting style WORD for
entry names: literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c,
escape
-r,
--reverse
reverse order while sorting
-R,
--recursive
list subdirectories
recursively
-s,
--size
print the allocated size of
each file, in blocks
--sort=WORD
sort by WORD instead of name:
none -U, extension -X, size
-S, time -t, version
-v
--time=WORD
with -l, show time
as WORD instead of modification time: atime -u,
access -u, use -u, ctime
-c, or status -c; use specified
time as sort key if
--sort=time
--time-style=STYLE
with -l, show
times using style STYLE: full-iso, long-iso,
iso, locale, +FORMAT. FORMAT is interpreted like
’date’; if FORMAT is
FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to
non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files; if STYLE
is prefixed with ’posix-’, STYLE takes
effect only outside the POSIX locale
-t
sort by modification time, newest first
-T,
--tabsize=COLS
assume tab stops at each COLS
instead of 8
-u
with -lt: sort by, and show, access time
with -l: show access time and sort by name
otherwise: sort by access time
-U
do not sort; list entries in directory order
-v
natural sort of (version) numbers within text
-w,
--width=COLS
assume screen width instead of
current value
-x
list entries by lines instead of by columns
-X
sort alphabetically by entry extension
-Z,
--context
print any SELinux security
context of each file
-1
list one file per line
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and
exit
SIZE is an
integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*1024).
Units are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of 1024) or KB, MB,
... (powers of 1000).
Using color to
distinguish file types is disabled both by default and with
--color=never. With
--color=auto, ls emits color codes
only when standard output is connected to a terminal. The
LS_COLORS environment variable can change the settings. Use
the dircolors command to set it.
Exit
status:
0
if OK,
1
if minor problems (e.g., cannot access
subdirectory),
2
if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access
command-line argument).
copyright
Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
reporting bugs
Report dir bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
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see also
The full
documentation for dir is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and dir programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info
coreutils 'dir invocation'
should give you
access to the complete manual.
author
Written by
Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.