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minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI leave ls alone and instead do alias l='ls -latrF' I do sometimes just want to use the plain version, especially if I’m in a small terminal window for some reason. But I think my brain likes scanning 1D lists more than 2D grids, no matter whether I’m in a terminal or using a graphical file manager.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoPlain version is the one to pipe output for further processing. ls | wc -l
I leave ls alone and instead do
alias l='ls -latrF'I do sometimes just want to use the plain version, especially if I’m in a small terminal window for some reason. But I think my brain likes scanning 1D lists more than 2D grids, no matter whether I’m in a terminal or using a graphical file manager.
Plain version is the one to pipe output for further processing. ls | wc -l