eggbean
commented
1 year ago You can use the -d switch to view directories as files, so that the content don't get listed as well. You need to put your glob pattern after the path, as part of it. This is the same with ls.
eg.
To view hidden files in the current directory: exa -laghd --icons .*
...in the parent directory: exa -laghd --icons ../.*
--in any directory: exa -laghd --icons <PATH>/.*
When listing hidden files, I'm most interested by listing hidden files only, instead of listing hiden files with non-hidden files. The trick I use is appending
.??*as a further argument, e.g.:exa -lagh --icons .??*However, it only works for listing the current directory. I can't do, e.g.
exa -lagh --icons .??* ~/