zim/modules/utility/README.md
Eric Nielsen 855c488b13 [utility] Use chmod and chown when in GNU
Same for the `lx` alias.

Also update the README.md. Replace table by bulleted list so it's
possible to use `|` in the text without breaking the Markdown rendering
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utility

Utility aliases and functions.

Adds colour to ls, grep and less.

Aliases

ls

  • ls lists directories first (GNU only) and with colour (applies to all aliases below).
  • ll lists with long format and human-readable sizes (applies to all aliases below).
  • l lists all files.
  • lm lists all files using pager.
  • lr lists recursively.
  • lx lists sorted by extension (GNU only).
  • lk lists sorted by largest file size last.
  • lt lists sorted by newest modification time last.
  • lc lists sorted by newest status change (ctime) last.

File Downloads

  • get is short for ( aria2c || axel || wget || curl ).

Resource Usage

  • df reports file system disk usage with human-readable sizes.
  • du reports file disk usage with human-readable sizes.

Condoms

  • chmod changes file mode verbosely, not operating from / (GNU only).
  • chown changes file owner verbosely, not operating from / (GNU only).
  • rm uses safe-rm if available.

Misc

  • mkcd creates and changes to the given directory.