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Installation guide of EXA: A modern replacement for ls

You're gonna love it!

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I've recently discovered this replacment for ls for Mac and Linux, and I love it!

You can find full instructions in their website:

https://the.exa.website/

And I'm going to sumarize the steps:

Ubuntu 

apt install exa
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MacOS 

brew install exa
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Configuration

You can edit your .bashrc or .zshrc file in your home path, and you can write this code down at the end of the file:

if [ -x "$(command -v exa)" ]; then
    alias ll="exa --long --all --group --icons --time-style=long-iso"
fi
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Tree View

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You can get a beautifull Tree view using this command:

exa --tree --level=2
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To Sum up

You can easily change your 'default' ls program with this new one and enjoy everyday!

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