# Select fields displayed in list or ls
**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/t/select-fields-displayed-in-list-or-ls/1616
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/select-fields-displayed-in-list-or-ls/1616 "2020-12-21T15:29:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@phirestalker](https://discourse.beets.io/u/phirestalker)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/select-fields-displayed-in-list-or-ls/1616/1 "2020-12-21T15:29:13Z")
I would like to know if it is possible to choose which fields are printed when the list command is used? For instance, I would like the duration of each track to be printed in addition to the artist, album, and title.
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### Author:  [@out-of-range](https://discourse.beets.io/u/out-of-range)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/select-fields-displayed-in-list-or-ls/1616/2 "2020-12-21T16:43:16Z")
Definitely possible 🙂
To specify the format from the command line you can use the `-f` option ([list command documentation](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/cli.html#list)).
To set the default format for the list command use [format\_item](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/config.html#format-item) in your configuration. You might want something like
```auto
format_item $artist - $album - $title - $length
```
Have a look at `beet fields` for other things you can include.
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### Author:  [@phirestalker](https://discourse.beets.io/u/phirestalker)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/select-fields-displayed-in-list-or-ls/1616/3 "2020-12-23T03:19:04Z")
I knew it was something simple, but it is hard to search for.
Thanks.