Linux dir Command

What is Linux dir Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dir command in Linux. dir command is dir - list directory contents.

dir Syntax#

dir [OPTION]... [FILE]...

dir Examples#

dir Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of dir command. dir command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for dir command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man dir

To open info page for dir command we can use command below.

info dir

To open help page from dir command we can run command below.

dir --help

Linux dir Command Source Code#

You can find dir command source code from the folowing repositories:

• dir source code on GitHub
• dir source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• dir source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dir in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.