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minerals

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Registered: 2014-06-12

Posts: 10

"ls" colorful alternative

Hey, here is one of the scripts I made in 2011 and decided to update it recently.
It is a colorful "ls" alternative with additional file info. The script provides colorful highlighting, file information and some easy-to-read permission tags. In addition lls can draw folder trees with a total files/dirs count.
It is available in AUR, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lls/

Last edited by minerals (2015-05-03 14:03:26)

chickenPie4tea

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Registered: 2012-08-21

Posts: 309

Re: "ls" colorful alternative

Thanks for posting, I like the switches to list only pictures or videos etc. Will try it out. Why not post the script here so bash gurus can give some suggestions? or maybe in the programming and scripting section.

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Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: "ls" colorful alternative

The AUR link contains a link to the github repository, where you can read the script, chickenPie4tea.

andjeng

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From: Indonesia

Registered: 2012-08-30

Posts: 148

Re: "ls" colorful alternative

This is pretty cute program. Thanks, minerals, for the contributions.

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minerals

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Registered: 2014-06-12

Posts: 10

Re: "ls" colorful alternative

Thanks for posting, I like the switches to list only pictures or videos etc. Will try it out. Why not post the script here so bash gurus can give some suggestions? or maybe in the programming and scripting section.

yeah, that's kinda one of the main changes. You can now combine argument switches like show all (normal + hidden) text executable files:

lls -axt

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The code itself is slow and looks kinda hackish:)

thoffmeyer

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From: Chi

Registered: 2006-07-27

Posts: 91

Re: "ls" colorful alternative

Very nice, I always love colors in my command lines xD