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eza (formerly exa, ls replacement) can now show the actual total size of directory contents
(discuss.tchncs.de)
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aside from the subject of the post: the ones I miss when it's not available are git status/ignoring, icons, tree, excellent color coding.
Here I cloned the
eza
repo and made some random changes.Made some more changes and then combine
git
andtree
, something I find is super helpful for overview:(weird icons are my fault for not setting up fonts properly in the terminal.)
Colors all over the place are an innovation that has enabled me to use the terminal really at all. I truly struggle when I need to use b&w or less colorful environments. I will almost always install
eza
on any device even something that needs to be lean. It's not just pretty and splashy but it helps me correctly comprehend the information.I'd never want to get rid of
ls
and I don't personally alias it to toeza
because I always want to have unimpeded access to the standard tooling. But I appreciate having a few options to do the same task in slightly different ways. And it's so nice to have all the options together in one application rather than needing a bunch of scripts and aliases and configurations. I don't think it does anything that's otherwise impossible but to get on with life it is helpful.Not sure I could get with the huge string of arguments, That needs to be shortened to follow the ls style of stacking letters behind minimal "-"
Does look good but I prefer function to form.
Interesting though
oh of course there are abbreviated forms. I just used the long versions so that people who aren't framiliar can follow what I am doing without having to spend 10 mins cross referencing the man page.
Likewise in the examples I used options that created a fairly very simple screenshot to clearly illustrate an answer to the question of what
eza
does thatls
doesn't.I tend to use
eza
via a couple of aliases with sets of common preferences. Like in a git dir I want to sort by date. usually don't need to see the user column, the size or permissions (except when I do). I do want to see the dotfiles. So I have an appropriate line aseg
(eza git). A great companion togs
.