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# exa [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/ogham/exa.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ogham/exa)
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[exa](http://bsago.me/exa) is a replacement for `ls` written in Rust.
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**You'll have to use the Rust 1.5.0 nightly, rather than stable or beta. Sorry about that.**
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## Screenshot
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![Screenshot of exa](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ogham/exa/master/screenshot.png)
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## Options
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exa's options are similar, but not exactly the same, as `ls`.
### Filtering Options
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- **-a**, **--all**: show dot files
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- **-d**, **--list-dirs**: list directories as regular files
- **--group-directories-first**: list directories before other files
- **-L**, **--level=(depth)**: maximum depth of recursion
- **-R**, **--recurse**: recurse into subdirectories
### View Options
- **-1**, **--oneline**: display one entry per line
- **-r**, **--reverse**: reverse sort order
- **-s**, **--sort=(field)**: field to sort by
- **-x**, **--across**: sort multi-column view entries across
- **-T**, **--tree**: recurse into subdirectories in a tree view
You can sort by **name**, **size**, **ext**, **inode**, **modified**, **created**, **accessed**, or **none**.
### Long Format
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- **-b**, **--binary**: use binary (power of two) file sizes
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- **-B**, **--bytes**: list file sizes in bytes, without prefixes
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- **-g**, **--group**: show group as well as user
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- **--git**: show git status (depends on libgit2, see below)
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- **-h**, **--header**: show a header row
- **-H**, **--links**: show number of hard links column
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- **-i**, **--inode**: show inode number column
- **-l**, **--long**: display extended details and attributes
- **-m**, **--modified**: display timestamp of most recent modification
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- **-S**, **--blocks**: show number of file system blocks
- **-t**, **--time=(field)**: which timestamp to show for a file
- **-u**, **--accessed**: display timestamp of last access for a file
- **-U**, **--created**: display timestamp of creation of a file
- **-@**, **--extended**: display extended attribute keys and sizes
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## Installation
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exa is written in [Rust](http://www.rust-lang.org). You'll have to use the nightly -- I try to keep it up to date with the latest version when possible. Once you have it set up, a simple `make install` will compile exa and install it into `/usr/local/bin`.
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exa depends on [libgit2](https://github.com/alexcrichton/git2-rs) for certain features. If you're unable to compile libgit2, you can opt out of Git support by passing `--no-default-features` to Cargo.