LCD

A simple utility that lists files in a directory simlar to GNU ls.

Why do I use this when 'ls' exists?

Colors for each file type :)

It is not a replacement for ls.

It does not have a lot of the features of ls. It simply lists directories and files in style.

Its main design is focused around my other shell function lmd(also included) .

When constantly working in the terminal I encountered a problem of often typing ls and needing to look at the files in the current working directory.

Since I needed it that often I found a solution to this by piping the output of ls with certain flags into bash's PROMPT_COMMAND and viola I had a nice little view of the files and it almost entirely replaced my need of a GUI file manager.

LCD is simply a binary version of the same application. Ever since I moved to a mac from linux I encountered a bunch of problems with lmd since there is a GNU and also a BSD version of ls . The BSD version of ls does not support some of the flags of the GNU version of ls and this caused lmd's output to look horrible. The workaround for this was to install the entire GNU coreutils on my mac just for getting lmd to work correctly. So to solve this issue of portability I decided to write a binary app that does exactly what I needed ls to do but is also free from platform problems.

It is not perfect by any means. e.g for directories with a lot of files it will fill up your screen. If possible I will find a way in the future to tackle this.

Installation

Comes in two different versions. One LCD and one lmd

• LCD is the binary application that you can install.
• lmd is a shell function that you can copy onto your shell's config file(.bashrc,.zshrc, etc.) [uses GNU ls]

1. LCD

   • Download the respective binary from the releases section.
   • Run install.sh
   • Test it by typing lcd in your shell.
   • To use it like lmd but lcd instead of ls. Follow the lmd steps.
   • Now inside lmd function within the LS_CMD variable just replace its value with lcd.
   • Reload your shell config.
   • Test it by typing lmd. It should now repeatedly show the list of files along with the shell.
   • Get to work

2. lmd

   • Clone this repo using git clone https://github.com/decent-man/lcd or open the file lmd.sh
   • Copy the contents of this file to your shell's config file e.g for zsh ~/.zshrc for bash .bashrc, etc.
   • Disable the lines which do not belong to your shell. If you're using zsh disable the lines under For BASH and vice versa.
   • Reload your shell configuration typically done with source ~/.zshrc ,etc
   • Test it by typing lmd. It should now repeatedly show the list of files along with the shell.
   • To quit out type qq. To clear screen type cl - These are just aliases.
   • You can modify this function to your liking.

Happy Terminaling!