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I changed my mind about which way round sorting by “newest” or by “oldest” should actually go. If you’re listing a large directory, you see the last lines of the output first, so these files should be the ones with the largest whatever the sort field is. It’s about sorting *last*, not sorting *first*. Sorting by size wouldn’t say “sorts smallest files first”, it would say “sorts largest files last”. Right? Also, add a new suggestion that warns against “ls -lt”.
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197 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
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.TH "exa" "1" "2017\-07\-07" "exa 0.7.0" ""
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.SH NAME
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.PP
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exa \- a modern replacement for ls
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.PP
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exa [\f[I]options\f[]] [\f[I]files\f[]]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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\f[C]exa\f[] is a modern replacement for \f[C]ls\f[].
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It uses colours for information by default, helping you distinguish
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between many types of files, such as whether you are the owner, or in
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the owning group.
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It also has extra features not present in the original \f[C]ls\f[], such
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as viewing the Git status for a directory, or recursing into directories
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with a tree view.
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.SH DISPLAY OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-1, \-\-oneline
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display one entry per line
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-G, \-\-grid
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display entries as a grid (default)
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-l, \-\-long
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display extended file metadata as a table
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-x, \-\-across
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sort the grid across, rather than downwards
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-R, \-\-recurse
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recurse into directories
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-T, \-\-tree
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recurse into directories as a tree
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\-color, \-\-colour=\f[I]WHEN\f[]
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when to use terminal colours (always, automatic, never)
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\-color-scale, \-\-colour-scale
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highlight levels of file sizes distinctly
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.RS
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.RE
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.SH FILTERING AND SORTING OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-a, \-\-all
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show hidden and \[aq]dot\[aq] files.
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Use this twice to also show the \f[C].\f[] and \f[C]..\f[] directories.
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-d, \-\-list\-dirs
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list directories like regular files
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-r, \-\-reverse
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reverse the sort order
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-s, \-\-sort=\f[I]SORT_FIELD\f[]
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which field to sort by.
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Valid fields are name, Name, extension, Extension, size, modified, accessed, created, inode, type, and none.
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The modified field has the aliases date, time, and newest, and its reverse order has the aliases age and oldest.
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Fields starting with a capital letter will sort uppercase before lowercase: 'A' then 'B' then 'a' then 'b'.
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Fields starting with a lowercase letter will mix them: 'A' then 'a' then 'B' then 'b'.
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \-I, \-\-ignore\-glob=\f[I]GLOBS\f[]
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Glob patterns, pipe-separated, of files to ignore
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\-group\-directories\-first
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list directories before other files
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.RS
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.RE
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.SH LONG VIEW OPTIONS
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These options are available when running with \f[C]\-\-long\f[]
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(\f[C]\-l\f[]):
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.TP
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.B \-b, \-\-binary
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list file sizes with binary prefixes
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-B, \-\-bytes
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list file sizes in bytes, without any prefixes
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-g, \-\-group
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list each file\[aq]s group
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-h, \-\-header
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add a header row to each column
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-H, \-\-links
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list each file\[aq]s number of hard links
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-i, \-\-inode
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list each file\[aq]s inode number
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \-L, \-\-level=\f[I]DEPTH\f[]
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limit the depth of recursion
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-m, \-\-modified
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use the modified timestamp field
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-S, \-\-blocks
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list each file\[aq]s number of file system blocks
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \-t, \-\-time=\f[I]WORD\f[]
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which timestamp field to list (modified, accessed, created)
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\-time\-style=\f[I]STYLE\f[]
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how to format timestamps (default, iso, long-iso, full-iso)
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-u, \-\-accessed
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use the accessed timestamp field
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-U, \-\-created
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use the created timestamp field
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\@, \-\-extended
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list each file\[aq]s extended attributes and sizes
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.RS
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.RE
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.TP
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.B \-\-git
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list each file\[aq]s Git status, if tracked
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.RS
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.RE
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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To display a list of files, with the largest at the top:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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exa\ \-\-reverse\ \-\-sort=size
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\f[]
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.fi
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.PP
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To display a tree of files, three levels deep:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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exa\ \-\-long\ \-\-tree\ \-\-level=3
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SH AUTHOR
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\f[C]exa\f[] is maintained by Benjamin \[aq]ogham\[aq] Sago and many
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other contributors.
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You can view the full list at
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<https://github.com/ogham/exa/graphs/contributors>.
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