- exa [options] [files...]
- -?, --help
- show list of command-line options
- -v, --version
- show version of exa
DISPLAY OPTIONS
- -1, --oneline
- display one entry per line
- -l, --long
- display extended file metadata as a table
- -G, --grid
- display entries as a grid (default)
- -x, --across
- sort the grid across, rather than downwards
- -R, --recurse
- recurse into directories
- -T, --tree
- recurse into directories as a tree
- -F,
--classify
- display type indicator by file names
- --colo[u]r=WHEN
- when to use terminal colours (always, auto, never)
- --colo[u]r-scale
- highlight levels of file sizes distinctly
FILTERING AND SORTING OPTIONS
- -a, --all
- show hidden and 'dot' files
- -d,
--list-dirs
- list directories like regular files
- -r, --reverse
- reverse the sort order
- -s, --sort
SORT_FIELD
- which field to sort by
- --group-directories-first
- list directories before other files
- -I, --ignore-glob
GLOBS
- glob patterns (pipe-separated) of files to ignore
- --git-ignore
- Ignore files mentioned in '.gitignore'
- Valid sort fields:
- name, Name, extension, Extension, size, type, modified, accessed, created,
inode, and none. date, time, old, and new all refer to modified.
LONG VIEW OPTIONS
- -b, --binary
- list file sizes with binary prefixes
- -B, --bytes
- list file sizes in bytes, without any prefixes
- -g, --group
- list each file's group
- -h, --header
- add a header row to each column
- -H, --links
- list each file's number of hard links
- -i, --inode
- list each file's inode number
- -L, --level
DEPTH
- limit the depth of recursion
- -m,
--modified
- use the modified timestamp field
- -S, --blocks
- show number of file system blocks
- -t, --time
FIELD
- which timestamp field to list (modified, accessed, created)
- -u,
--accessed
- use the accessed timestamp field
- -U, --created
- use the created timestamp field
- --time-style
- how to format timestamps (default, iso, long-iso, full-iso)
- --git
- list each file's Git status, if tracked
- -@, --extended
- list each file's extended attributes and sizes