I learned you can edit .bashrc (in your home dir) and update the alias for ls to include what I like. It has saved me lots of keystrokes. Mine is ls -lha in addition to whatever color coding stuff is there by default.
Aha. Well, I guess I’m not the target audience because I can’t be bothered to go through the installation steps. It’s not in the LMDE repository, but I wish it were!
Another ls alias I’m a fan of is ls -latr which I alias to lt. It gives you a time sorted directory listing with the most recent next to your cursor (helpful for large directories).
ls -alI learned you can edit
.bashrc(in your home dir) and update the alias for ls to include what I like. It has saved me lots of keystrokes. Mine isls -lhain addition to whatever color coding stuff is there by default.You might like
ezaeven more!Hmm, that’s not working for me. You mean use those as options? ‘ls -eza’?
No, it’s like an ls replacement: https://github.com/eza-community/eza
Aha. Well, I guess I’m not the target audience because I can’t be bothered to go through the installation steps. It’s not in the LMDE repository, but I wish it were!
It’s pretty easy. You either get it from Cargo (the Rust package manager) or add a custom repo to apt.
Cargo is the easier and safer option:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh && cargo install ezaCustom apt repo:
sudo apt update sudo apt install -y gpg sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eza-community/eza/main/deb.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/gierens.gpg echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gierens.gpg] http://deb.gierens.de stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gierens.list sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/keyrings/gierens.gpg /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gierens.list sudo apt update sudo apt install -y ezaIn my opinion though, you should also try lsd. It’s even better than eza. You can also get it from Cargo, just a simple
cargo install lsd.No,
ezais one of those modern Rust replacement programs. It replacesls.There’s a whole bunch of cool modern replacements. Here’s a handy list: altbox.dev
I personally use
batandrgall the time, and find them much more suitable for everyday tasks.Edit: And to clarify, I didn’t create either list, they’re just ones I’d bookmarked at some point.
The mobile site doesn’t have the list. I was so confused.
Ew, sorry. This list is similar and more accessible:
https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
Even better than
rgisrga. Indeed, you have a fine list.You might like lsd even more than that!
A lot of distros include a .bashrc with common
lsaliases commented out, just waiting for you to activate them if you like.Another
lsalias I’m a fan of isls -latrwhich I alias tolt. It gives you a time sorted directory listing with the most recent next to your cursor (helpful for large directories).