Usage:¶

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