LS for CMD

"Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript." ~ Atwood's Law

I wanted my own simple implementation of "ls" for windows command prompt because I got tired of seeing 'ls' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. This is mainly a learning experience for me, but maybe someone else will find value.

Quick-Start

Note: Only tested in Command Prompt, not PowerShell or MAC/Linux shells; since they have their own 'ls' implementations

NODE

npm install -g ls-silver-spork

COLOURS

Edit config/config.json if you're not a fan of cotton candy

Usage

ls [-o --options] [directory]

|OPTION |DESCRIPTION |NOTES | |------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-d --dir' |prints directories | cannot be used with -f or -s | |-f --file |prints files | cannot be used with -d | |-a, --all |shows hidden files & directories | | |-e, --ext <extension> |only returns specified extension | cannot be used with -d | |-s, --size |prints file sizes | cannot be used with -d | |-c, --columns |prints as one or two columns | | |-C, --config |configure colours (more later) | overrides all other flags |

Notes

Trivia: GitHub recommended 'silver-spork' as a repository name, and it fit the kind of amateur fork of LS I was going for. This is mainly a personal project to familiarize myself with npm & git, but if anyone likes this, feel free to open a feature or enhancement request on the issues board over at my git repo.

TODO

Goals for initial "release" - V 1.0.0

• Update options to override instead of exiting with error
• Re-work output formatting
• Add configuration functionality
  • Change colors
  • Default options

Known Bugs

The default formatting has some spacing issues where a space will appear at the beginning of the line, and sometimes the program won't catch a formatting error on the last line. A complete rework is preferable to a band-aid fix.

MIT (c) 2020 Tristan Collicott