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otterpro on Aug 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Exa, a modern replacement for ls

I usually alias 'ls' to 'l' anyway, so it would not be a big deal to alias 'exa' to 'l'. I agree that exa is not exactly memorable.

abritinthebay on Aug 3, 2017 [–]

Just think "examine" rather than "list" and you'll be fine.

But yeah, alias ls=exa also works.

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