Eza

ls replacement.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Drop-in replacement for ls. Full color support for different list types. Visualizes Git status. Can display files in a grid or tree and can recurse directories. View filters e.g. only show directories, exclude symlinks, follow .gitignore. Customizable columns to show filesystem metadata. Forked from the now unmaintained exa project.

Tradeoffs

Lacks persistent configurability e.g. via a config file - this is coming in the next release.

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