Basic Usage

eza works as a drop-in replacement for ls. Everything you know still works.

Simple Listings

eza --icons=always

Files get icons (📄), directories get folders (📁), different file types get different colors. Easier to scan than plain text.

Long Format

eza -la --icons=always

Shows permissions, sizes (human-readable like 2.0k instead of 2048), dates, and icons for each file type.

Alias

Set an alias to always use icons:

alias eza='eza --icons=always'

Sorting

# By modification time
eza -la --sort=modified

# By size
eza -la --sort=size

# By extension
eza -la --sort=extension

# Reverse
eza -la --sort=size --reverse

Useful for finding large files or seeing what you recently worked on.

Grid View

eza -l --grid

Compact but still shows details. Good for directories with lots of files.

One Per Line

eza -1

One entry per line. Works like ls -1, useful for piping to other commands.