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Cargo now lets people install binaries by running `cargo install`. This can be more convenient than cloning and building exa manually.
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# exa [](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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Works on all recent Rust versions >= 1.4.0.
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## Screenshots
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## Options
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exa’s options are similar, but not exactly the same, as `ls`.
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### Display Options
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- **-1**, **--oneline**: display one entry per line
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- **-G**, **--grid**: display entries in a grid view (default)
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- **-l**, **--long**: display extended details and attributes
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- **-R**, **--recurse**: recurse into directories
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- **-T**, **--tree**: recurse into subdirectories in a tree view
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- **-x**, **--across**: sort multi-column view entries across
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- **--color**, **--colour**: when to colourise the output
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### Filtering Options
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- **-a**, **--all**: show dot files
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- **-d**, **--list-dirs**: list directories as regular files
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- **-L**, **--level=(depth)**: maximum depth of recursion
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- **-r**, **--reverse**: reverse sort order
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- **-s**, **--sort=(field)**: field to sort by
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- **--group-directories-first**: list directories before other files
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### Long View Options
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These options are available when running with --long (`-l`):
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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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- **-h**, **--header**: show a header row
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- **-H**, **--links**: show number of hard links column
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- **-i**, **--inode**: show inode number column
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- **-m**, **--modified**: display timestamp of most recent modification
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- **-S**, **--blocks**: show number of file system blocks
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- **-t**, **--time=(field)**: which timestamp to show for a file
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- **-u**, **--accessed**: display timestamp of last access for a file
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- **-U**, **--created**: display timestamp of creation of a file
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- **-@**, **--extended**: display extended attribute keys and sizes
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- **--git**: show Git status for a file
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Accepted **--color** options are **always**, **automatic**, and **never**.
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Valid sort fields are **name**, **size**, **extension**, **modified**, **accessed**, **created**, **inode**, and **none**.
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Valid time fields are **modified**, **accessed**, and **created**.
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## Installation
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exa is written in [Rust](http://www.rust-lang.org).
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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.
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If you’re unable to compile libgit2, you can opt out of Git support by running `cargo build --release --no-default-features`.
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### Cargo Install
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If you're using a recent version of Cargo (0.5.0 or higher), you can
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use the `cargo install` command:
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cargo install --git https://github.com/ogham/exa
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or:
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cargo install --no-default-features --git https://github.com/ogham/exa
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Cargo will clone the repository to a temporary directory, build it
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there and place the `exa` binary to: `$HOME/.cargo` (and can be
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overridden by setting the `--root` option).
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