tldr/pages/common/exa.md

exa

A modern replacement for ls (List directory contents). More information: https://github.com/ogham/exa#command-line-options.

• List files one per line:

exa {{[-1|--oneline]}}

• List all files, including hidden files:

exa {{[-a|--all]}}

• Long format list (permissions, ownership, size and modification date) of all files:

exa {{[-l|--long]}} {{[-a|--all]}}

• List files with the largest at the top:

exa {{[-r|--reverse]}} {{[-s|--sort]}} {{size}}

• Display a tree of files, three levels deep:

exa {{[-l|--long]}} {{[-T|--tree]}} {{[-L|--level]}} {{3}}

• List files sorted by modification date (oldest first):

exa {{[-l|--long]}} {{[-s|--sort]}} {{modified}}

• List files with their headers, icons, and Git statuses:

exa {{[-l|--long]}} {{[-h|--header]}} --icons --git

• Don't list files mentioned in .gitignore:

exa --git-ignore