For all those who use exa I would like to point out that it has been deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
It has been replaced by eza in the extra repository.
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You can also use lsd.
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That is always an option I suppose.
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I prefer nushell, it’s not just an alternative for ls, but it provides me with the data I need. nushell is a bit more extensive and more of a shell alternative. it’s a matter of taste.
However, there are still a few errors, such as: The folder sizes are displayed incorrectly (4.1 kb instead of 30 gb).
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Exa was great! I’ve been trying to find a way to alias eza with ls in my bash_aliases as muscle memory is a weird thing. I still haven’t figured how to do that when using flags.
alias ls=‘eza’ works for using the ls command, but ls -al for example, doesn’t capture the alias as bash considers it a different command.
That should work. It works fine here.
BTW the eza package also creates a symlink for exa, so all your aliases should still work.
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It outputs correctly, but in the format for ls, not for eza, if that makes sense. Not sure flags work in aliases. Might need a function.
They should, it is just a replacement. Can you share the output of alias ls
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I haven’t changed anything in my aliases because eza replaces exa transparently.
# ls to exa
alias ls='exa --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # ls
alias ll='exa -la --icons --octal-permissions --group-directories-first'
alias l='exa -albGF --header --git --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # long list
alias llm='exa -lbGd --header --git --sort=modified --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # long list, modified date sort
alias la='exa --long --all --group --group-directories-first'
alias lx='exa -lbhHigUmuSa@ --time-style=long-iso --git --color-scale --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # all + extended list
# ls to exa - modalità speciali
alias lS='exa -1 --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # one column, just names
alias lt='exa --tree --level=2 --color=always --group-directories-first --icons' # tree
alias l.="exa -a | grep -E '^\.'"
Aha!
alias ls=‘ls --color=auto’
So my .bashrc file is taking precedence to .bash_aliases because of that entry there I think?
It depends where .bash_aliases is sourced.
Is anything from ~/.bash_aliases working?
Fixed it, - by commenting out the aliases that are built into the EOS .bashrc file on install. Thanks for the pointer in the right direction, - all working as intended now! Another solution to add to your list! 
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Just stumbled over this gem, this is wonderfull! Question: My exa output seems to miss the icons somehow:
Is this normal?
For that you need a font that provide them. I personally use nerd-fonts-noto-sans-regular-complet from the AUR.
you have to use a nerd font like https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd/
Or you can just install Nerd Font Symbols and then there is no need to download a separately pathed font
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols/
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Ty!