lsd¶

Functionality:¶

lsd is a command line utility which can be used instead of ls. It is a rewrite of GNU ls with a lot ofadded features like colors, icons, tree-view, more formatting options etc.

Installation¶

Ubuntu¶

For Ubuntu based distros,use the deb package which you can download from the release page. Once the deb file is downloaded, head over to the directory and install by following command,

sudo dpkg -i lsd_0.21.0_amd64.deb

use the correct name in above command

It can also be downloaded from Ubuntu package manager by,

sudo apt install lsd

Usage¶

Once installed successfully,it can be used just like ls command. Instead of ls now use lsd

Some kind of font packages like Font Awesome or Nerd Fonts are required for this to work nicely. Fonts Installation is quite easy on Linux as well.

An alias alias ls="lsd" can be added in the .bashrc file to keep using ls but with the functionality of lsd. After adding the alias,

source .bashrc

There are other Terminal shells like zsh and others. All of them have a file similar to .bashrc

Known Issue

lsd has been known to have issues with displaying folders which has root access. Sometimes it just doesn't work. This could happen when the snap version is installed. lsd just doesn't have the right file permissions in those cases. The best way is to use the deb package to install. Issue Link

Fedora¶

lsd can be installed from Fedora repository,

sudo dnf install lsd