exa

Features

This section outlines the things that exa can do.

• Colours

  The list of file types and how to tell files apart.

• Grid view

  Displaying files in a grid sized to the terminal window.

• Long view

  Displaying files in a table along with their metadata.

• Tree view

  Displaying files in a tree, as well as their children.

• Git integration

  Seeing the Git status of files when you’re inside a repository.

• Filtering

  Hiding files from the list, showing invisible files, and sorting the output.

• Icons

  Using Unicode characters to display icons next to file names.

• xattrs

  Listing files’ extended attributes.