linux exa command (better file display experience than ls)

Install

Follow the README to install

The document mentions that exa is implemented in Rust and that you must install Rust version 1.17.0 or higher.

Install Rust

Try the fool-proof installation

$ curl -sf -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh

Install exa

exa is implemented in Rust. Your system must support Rust 1.17.0 or higher before installation. exa currently supports some common distribution versions to be installed through software packages, such as:

Fedora

$ sudo dnf install exa

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S exa

openSUSE

$ sudo zypper install exa

macOS

$ brew install exa

If the distribution you are using does not currently support installation via software packages, you can also download the compiled binary version directly from the official repository Releases page. Here we take Linux system as an example:

# Download the corresponding binary version and decompress it to the specified directory$ wget https://github.com/ogham/exa/releases/download/v0.9.0/exa-linux-x86_64-0.9.0.zip
$ unzip exa-linux-x86_64-0.9.0.zip
$ mv exa-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin

# Download and install the corresponding MAN manual $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ogham/exa/master/contrib/man/exa.1
$ mv exa.1 /usr/share/man/man1

Look at the error message, Perimission denied, add sudo and it will be OK

$ sudo make install

Feel it

$ exa -1 : one per line

$ exa -l : show detailed information

$ exa -R : Recursive display, first display the current folder, then recursively display the files in each subfolder

$ exa -T : Tree display, which is also my favorite feature

$ exa -x : reorder the default downward-sorted grid structure to rightward-sorted

There are also parameters such as group browsing and browsing by time. The usage is roughly the same as ls

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