iyanls

Iyanls is an open-source, powerful and flexible alternative tool to GNU Core Utilities ls. Written on top of the Rust programming language, it offers a wide range of features and robust power for a searching tool.

Features

• Tabled and colorful output
• File type (directory/file)
• File Permissions (Normal / Octal / Users)
• File Size (B to OB)
• Modification Time with toggling
• Grabbing files by strings
• JSON formatting

Dependencies

• Rust (>= 1.65.0)
• Cargo (>= 1.65.0)

Installation

$ cargo install iyanls

Or use the executable files from assets.

Build from source

$ git clone https://github.com/lordpaijo/iyanls.git
$ cd iyanls
$ cargo build --release

Make sure to add the target/release directory to your PATH environment variable.

Usage

$ iyanls | ils [path] [options]

Examples:

• List files in the current directory:

  $ iyanls | ils
  

• List files in a specific directory:

  $ iyanls | ils /path/to/directory
  

• List files with deep processing:

  $ iyanls | ils --deep /path/to/directory
  

• List files with JSON formatting:

  $ iyanls | ils --json /path/to/directory
  

• List files that match a string:

  $ iyanls | ils --grab string /path/to/directory
  

See iyanls -h for more information, or read the documentation.

Inspiration: https://youtu.be/5UA9UWWAagc?si=nceQeo-33Cpjpb-e