Exa: `ls` is two characters, `exa` is three

[ddevault]

I consider this a bug

[silverwind]

So alias it to l.

[ddevault]

Don't have to move your fingers from the home row to type ls either, plus it's symmetric.

[ghost]

I always alias 'ls' to 'l' since even 2 letter is too long.

[WoLpH]

Simple enough to fix: alias l=exa

The bigger problem is that the arguments for exa are different.

[kongslund]

My solution: alias e='exa -l --git'

[AlexNPavel]

Yeah, I aliased ls to exa, but some arguments are different in exa (stuff like -A and -Z are missing)

[FSMaxB]

Instead of using an alias, you can make a shell function that parses and rewrites command line parameters ...

[ogham]

Seriously, though, someone on Hacker News suggested xa and I'm not sure how I feel about it!

[ddevault]

+1 for xa

[dieggsy]

@SirCmpwn just curious, why are you unsatisfied with an alias?

[ddevault]

I could use an alias but that does't make the program any less wrong

[CoffeeFrame]

I have xs as my default alias and xa to show hidden files.

[grantcarthew]

Rename the whole project to L and be done with it.... :)

[eMBee]

how about lx?

the l from ls, the x from exa, could mean 'list extra' or 'list expanded' 'list exemplary'

[WoLpH]

Perhaps la? It's on the "default" keyboard row so you don't need to move your fingers and it could stand for "list advanced"

[gasinvein]

Maybe it would be better to make exa's arguments exactly same as ls (with some additions), so it could be used as drop-in replacement for ls?

[MggMuggins]

I have both an alternative solution to this problem (fish shell only :P), and a bug that I'm not quite sure whether or not I should open an issue for...
Anyway, I use a fish function (works similarly to an alias)

function ls
    exa -g1h $argv
end

My problem is that -1 and -l conflict. So running ls -la doesn't work, because I've included -1 in my default param list. I've removed -1 for now, should I open a bug/PR?

[clarfonthey]

I think that offering xs, xl, and xa aliases via exa would be nice, as most people use the aliases ls, ll, and la.

I'd also recommend xt for the tree-like behaviour.

[pohart]

anything that starts with x will be harder to type because it requires pulling the ring finger back on what is normally the non-dominant hand.

lx seems okay, and it should be fine to alias ll and la to exa because they aren't called by scripts anyway.