I just noticed that eza
can now display total disk space used by directories!
I think this is pretty cool. I wanted it for a long time.
There are other ways to get the information of course. But having it integrated with all the other options for listing directories is fab. eza
has features like --git
-awareness, --tree
display, clickable --hyperlink
, filetype --icons
and other display, permissions, dates, ownerships, and other stuff. being able to mash everything together in any arbitrary way which is useful is handy. And of course you can --sort=size
docs:
--total-size show the size of a directory as the size of all
files and directories inside (unix only)
It also (optionally) color codes the information. Values measures in kb, mb, and gb are clear. Here is a screenshot to show that:
eza --long -h --total-size --sort=oldest --no-permissions --no-user
Of course it take a little while to load large directories so you will not want to use by default.
Looks like it was first implemented Oct 2023 with some fixes since then. (Changelog). PR #533 - feat: added recursive directory parser with `--total-size` flag by Xemptuous
ls
does 90% of this stuff already, so why not just add the options to it?looks at readme
ls
is maintained so what do they mean? "Modern"?looks at code tab
Oh! It's another person thinking the world needs to be written in Rust.
It also add in support for file/directory icons, git support and a few other things
ls
itself wouldnt add themself.