# vdir - info - [phpMan]

## File: coreutils.info,  Node: vdir invocation,  Next: dircolors invocation,  Prev: dir invocation,  Up: Directory listing

### 10.3 'vdir': Verbosely list directory contents

'vdir' is equivalent to 'ls -l -b'; that is, by default files are listed
in long format and special characters are represented by backslash
escape sequences.

   *Note 'ls': ls invocation.