zsh/Completion/Unix/Command/_ls

#compdef ls gls
# Ulrik Haugen 2001

local arguments

arguments=(
  '(--all -a -A --almost-all)'{--all,-a}'[list entries starting with .]'
  '(--almost-all -A -a --all)'{--almost-all,-A}'[list all except . and ..]'
  '--author[print the author of each file]'
  '(--ignore-backups -B)'{--ignore-backups,-B}"[don't list entries ending with ~]"
  '(--directory -d)'{--directory,-d}'[list directory entries instead of contents]'
  '(--dired -D)'{--dired,-D}"[generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode]"
  '(--ignore,-I)'{--ignore,-I}"[don't list entire matching pattern]:pattern:"
  '(--dereference -L --dereference-command-line --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir)'{--dereference,-L}'[list referenced file for sym link]'
  '(--dereference -L --dereference-command-line --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir)'{--dereference-command-line,--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir}
  '(--recursive -R)'{--recursive,-R}'[list subdirectories recursively]'
 
  '(--no-group -G)'{--no-group,-G}'[inhibit display of group information]'
  '(--human-readable -h -H --si)'{--human-readable,-h}'[print sizes in human readable form]'
  '(--si -H -h --human-readable)'{--si,-H}'[sizes in human readable form; powers of 1000]'
  '(--inode -i)'{--inode,-i}'[print file inode numbers]'
 
  '(--format -l -g -o -1 -C -m -x)-l[long listing]'
  '(--format -l -1 -C -m -x)-g[long listing but without owner information]' 
  '(--format -l --no-group -G -1 -C -m -x)-o[no group, long]'
  '(--format -l -g -o -C -m -x)-1[single column output]'
  '(--format -l -g -o -1 -m -x)-C[list entries in columns sorted vertically]'
  '(--format -l -g -o -1 -C -x)-m[comma separated]'
  '(--format -l -g -o -1 -C -m)-x[sort horizontally]'
  '(-l -g -o -1 -C -m -x)--format=:format:(verbose long commas horizontal across vertical single-column)'
 
  '(--size -s -f)'{--size,-s}'[display size of each file in blocks]'
 
  '(--time -u)-c[status change time]'
  '(--time -c)-u[access time]'
  '(-c -u)--time=[specify time to show]:time:(ctime status use atime access)'
  '--time-style=[show times using specified style]:time style:(full-iso long-iso iso locale)'
 
  '(-a --all -U -l --format -s --size -t --sort --full-time)-f[unsorted, all, short list]'
  '(--reverse)'{--reverse,-r}'[reverse sort order]'
 
  '(--sort -t -U -v -X)-S[sort by size]'
  '(--sort -S -U -v -X)-t[sort by modification time]'
  '(--sort -S -t -v -X)-U[unsorted]'
  '(--sort -S -t -U -X)-v[sort by version (filename treated numerically)]'
  '(--sort -S -t -U -v)-X[sort by extension]'
  '(-S -t -U -v -X)--sort=:sort:(size time none version extension)'
 
  '--color=-[control use of color]:color:(never always auto)'
 
  '(--classify -F --indicator-style -p --file-type)'{--classify,-F}'[append file type indicators]' 
  '(--file-type -p --indicator-style -F --classify)'{--file-type,-p}'[append file type indicators except *]'
  '(-F --classify -p --file-type)--indicator-style=:indicator style:(none file-type classify)'
 
  '(-f)--full-time[list both full date and full time]'
 
  '(--kilobytes -k --block-size)'{--kilobytes,-k}'[use block size of 1k]'
  '(-k --kilobytes)--block-size=[specify block size]:block size (bytes):(1024)'
 
  '(--numeric-uid-gid -n)'{--numeric-uid-gid,-n}'[numeric uid, gid]'
  '(--tabsize -T)'{--tabsize=,-T+}'[specify tab size]:tab size'
  '(--width -w)'{--width=,-w+}'[specify screen width]:screen width'
 
  '(--quoting-style -b --escape -N --literal -Q --quote-name)'{--escape,-b}'[print octal escapes for control characters]'
  '(--quoting-style -b --escape -N --literal -Q --quote-name)'{--literal,-N}'[print raw characters]'
  '(--quoting-style -b --escape -N --literal -Q --quote-name)'{--quote-name,-Q}'[quote names]'
  '(-b --escape -N --literal -Q --quote-name)--quoting-style=:quoting style:(literal shell shell-always c escape clocale locale)'
 
  '(--hide-control-chars -q --show-control-chars)'{--hide-control-chars,-q}'[hide control chars]'
  '(-q --hide-control-chars)--show-control-chars'
  '(- :)--help[display help information]'
  '(- :)--version[display version information]'
  '*:files:_files'
)

# remove long options?
_pick_variant gnu=gnu unix --help ||
    arguments=( ${${${arguments:#(|*\))--*}//--[^ )]#/}/\( #\)/} )

_arguments -s $arguments