NAME
gvfs-ls – List filesSYNOPSIS
- gvfs-ls [OPTION…] [LOCATION…]
DESCRIPTION
gvfs-ls
gvfs-ls is similar to the traditional ls utility, but using gvfs locations instead of local files: for example you can use something like smb://server/resource/file.txt as location.
File attributes can be specified with their gvfs name, e.g. standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by ‘*’ which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups can be specified, separated by comma.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-?, –help
- Prints a short help text and exits.
–version
- Shows the version number and exits.
-a, –attributes=ATTRIBUTES
- The attributes to get, specified as a comma-separated list of gvfs file attribute names.
-h, –hidden
- Show hidden files.
-l, –long
- Use a long listing format.
-c, –show-completions=PREFIX
- Show only filenames starting with PREFIX.
-n, –nofollow-symlinks
- Don’t follow symlinks.
EXIT STATUS
On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
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