.hy .TH "exa" "1" "2015\-10\-18" "exa 0.4.0" "" .SH NAME .PP exa \- a modern replacement for ls .SH SYNOPSIS .PP exa [\f[I]options\f[]] [\f[I]files\f[]]... .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \f[C]exa\f[] is a modern replacement for \f[C]ls\f[]. It uses colours for information by default, helping you distinguish between many types of files, such as whether you are the owner, or in the owning group. It also has extra features not present in the original \f[C]ls\f[], such as viewing the Git status for a directory, or recursing into directories with a tree view. .SH DISPLAY OPTIONS .TP .B \-1, \-\-oneline display one entry per line .RS .RE .TP .B \-G, \-\-grid display entries in a grid view (default) .RS .RE .TP .B \-l, \-\-long display extended details and attributes .RS .RE .TP .B \-R, \-\-recurse recurse into directories .RS .RE .TP .B \-T, \-\-tree recurse into subdirectories in a tree view .RS .RE .TP .B \-x, \-\-across sort multi\-column view entries across .RS .RE .TP .B \-\-color, \-\-colour=\f[I]WHEN\f[] when to colourise the output (always, automatic, never) .RS .RE .SH FILTERING AND SORTING OPTIONS .TP .B \-a, \-\-all show dot\-files .RS .RE .TP .B \-d, \-\-list\-dirs list directories as regular files .RS .RE .TP .B \-r, \-\-reverse reverse order of files .RS .RE .TP .B \-s, \-\-sort=\f[I]WORD\f[] field to sort by (name, size, extension, modified, accessed, created, inode, none) .RS .RE .TP .B \-\-group\-directories\-first list directories before other files .RS .RE .SH LONG VIEW OPTIONS .TP .B \-b, \-\-binary use binary prefixes in file sizes .RS .RE .TP .B \-B, \-\-bytes list file sizes in bytes, without prefixes .RS .RE .TP .B \-g, \-\-group show group as well as user .RS .RE .TP .B \-h, \-\-header show a header row at the top .RS .RE .TP .B \-H, \-\-links show number of hard links .RS .RE .TP .B \-i, \-\-inode show each file\[aq]s inode number .RS .RE .TP .B \-L, \-\-level=\f[I]DEPTH\f[] maximum depth of recursion .RS .RE .TP .B \-m, \-\-modified display timestamp of most recent modification .RS .RE .TP .B \-S, \-\-blocks show number of file system blocks .RS .RE .TP .B \-t, \-\-time=\f[I]WORD\f[] which timestamp to show for a file (modified, accessed, created) .RS .RE .TP .B \-u, \-\-accessed display timestamp of last access for a file .RS .RE .TP .B \-U, \-\-created display timestamp of creation for a file .RS .RE .SH EXAMPLES .PP To display a list of files, with the largest at the top: .IP .nf \f[C] exa\ \-\-reverse\ \-\-sort=size \f[] .fi .PP To display a tree of files, three levels deep: .IP .nf \f[C] exa\ \-\-long\ \-\-tree\ \-\-level=3 \f[] .fi .SH AUTHOR .PP \f[C]exa\f[] is maintained by Benjamin \[aq]ogham\[aq] Sago and many other contributors. You can view the full list at .