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author | Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> | 2015-10-23 20:54:45 +0200 |
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committer | Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> | 2015-10-23 20:54:45 +0200 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index acf406a..cb9afff 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,33 @@ `lr` is a new tool for generating file listings, which includes the best features of `ls(1)`, `find(1)` and `du(1)`. +## Benefits + +Over find: +* friendly and logical C-style filter syntax +* getopt is used, can mix filters and arguments in any order +* can sort +* compute directory sizes +* can strip leading `./` + +Over ls: +* sorts over all files, not per directory +* copy & paste file names from the output since they are relative to pwd +* ISO dates +* powerful filters + +## Rosetta stone + +* `ls`: `lr -1 | column` +* `find .`: `lr` (or `lr -U` for speed.) +* `ls -l`: `lr -1r` +* `ls -ltrc`: `lr -l1oc` +* `find . -name '*.c'`: `lr -t 'name ~~ "*.c"'` +* `find . -regex 'c$': `lr -t 'path =~ "c$"'` +* `find -L /proc/*/fd -maxdepth 1 -type f -links 0 -printf '%b %p\n'`: +`lr -UL1 -t 'type == f && links == 0' -f '%b %p\n' /proc/*/fd` +* `find "${@:-.}" -name HEAD -execdir sh -c 'git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir . >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && pwd' ';'`: `lr -0t 'name == "HEAD"' "$@" | xapply -fz 'cd %Q[1/-$] && git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir . >/dev/null && pwd' - 2>/dev/null` + ## Usage: lr [-0|-F|-l|-f FMT] [-D] [-H|-L] [-1Qdsx] [-U|-o ORD] [-t TEST]* PATH... @@ -58,6 +85,8 @@ Uppercase letters reverse sorting. E.g. `Sn` sorts first by size, smallest last, and then by name (in case sizes are equal). +Default: `n`. + * `a`: atime. * `c`: ctime. * `d`: path depth. |