lsvine - tree -L 2 with less empty screen space.

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Motivation

I built lsvine to be like tree but with the first-level directories distributed horizontally (and dangling downwards, hence like a vine).

 

This format compacts the information vertically and displays it in a trello-like format, one "card" per directory.

 

Screenshots:

 

 

 

Installation

With cargo:

cargo install lsvine

 

 

Downloadable binary for 64-bit linux:

LSVINE_VERSION=0.3.1
wget https://github.com/autofitcloud/lsvine/releases/download/$LSVINE_VERSION/lsvine-v$LSVINE_VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
tar -xzf lsvine-v$LSVINE_VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
mv lsvine ~/.local/bin/

 

Usage

Regular usage:

# lsvine --version
lsvine 0.3.1

# lsvine .
+---------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------+---------+---------------------------+---------+
| .             | dist                                           | screenshots | src     | target                    | testdir |
+---------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------+---------+---------------------------+---------+
| CHANGELOG     | lsvine-v0.2.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | ls.png      | main.rs | release                   | test1   |
| Cargo.lock    |                                                | lsvine.png  |         | x86_64-unknown-linux-musl | test2   |
| Cargo.toml    |                                                | tree.png    |         |                           | test3   |
| DEVELOPER.md  |                                                |             |         |                           |         |
| LICENSE       |                                                |             |         |                           |         |
| README.md     |                                                |             |         |                           |         |
| build.sh      |                                                |             |         |                           |         |
| mk_testdir.sh |                                                |             |         |                           |         |
+---------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------+---------+---------------------------+---------+

 

Show hidden filenames

# lsvine -a
+----------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| .              | .git           | dist                                           | screenshots           | src                           | target                    | testdir  | tests                         |
+----------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| .README.md.swp | COMMIT_EDITMSG | .gitkeep                                       | sideBySide-latest.png | level1dir.rs                  | .gitkeep                  | .gitkeep | test_tablebuf.rs              |
| .gitignore     | FETCH_HEAD     | lsvine-v0.3.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz |                       | longest_common_prefix.rs      | .rustc_info.json          | test1    | vecpath2vecl1dir_iterators.rs |
| CHANGELOG      | HEAD           |                                                |                       | main.rs                       | package                   | test2    | vecpath2vecl1dir_onefunc.rs   |
| Cargo.lock     | ORIG_HEAD      |                                                |                       | main_bkp_onefunc.rs           | release                   | test3    |                               |
| Cargo.toml     | branches       |                                                |                       | tablebuf.rs                   | x86_64-unknown-linux-musl |          |                               |
| DEVELOPER.md   | config         |                                                |                       | vecpath2vecl1dir_iterators.rs |                           |          |                               |
| LICENSE        | description    |                                                |                       | vecpath2vecl1dir_onefunc.rs   |                           |          |                               |
| README.md      | hooks          |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
| build.sh       | index          |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
| mk_testdir.sh  | info           |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
|                | logs           |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
|                | objects        |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
|                | refs           |                                                |                       |                               |                           |          |                               |
+----------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------------------------------+

 

Contract filename suffixes to reduce occupied screen-space further:

# lsvine testdir/test1
+----+----+----+-----+
| .  | d1 | d2 | d3  |
+----+----+----+-----+
| f1 | f4 | f7 | d4  |
| f2 | f5 | f8 | f10 |
| f3 | f6 | f9 | f11 |
|    |    |    | f12 |
|    |    |    | f13 |
|    |    |    | f14 |
+----+----+----+-----+

# lsvine testdir/test1 --contract-suffix
+--------+--------+--------+---------+
| .      | d1     | d2     | d3      |
+--------+--------+--------+---------+
| f* (3) | f* (3) | f* (3) | d4      |
|        |        |        | f1* (5) |
+--------+--------+--------+---------+

# lsvine testdir/test1 --contract-suffix --minimum-prefix-length=2
+----+----+----+---------+
| .  | d1 | d2 | d3      |
+----+----+----+---------+
| f1 | f4 | f7 | d4      |
| f2 | f5 | f8 | f1* (5) |
| f3 | f6 | f9 |         |
+----+----+----+---------+

 

For example, lsvine -c -m 3 /etc output here

 

The future

At some point, might want to get merged into other popular rust-based modern ls alternatives. It could be implemented as a separate option, eg exa --vine or lsd --vine. Example repos

• exa

1. (pro) It already has a long grid view
2. (con) Author seems too busy to dequeue issues and PRs
3. (con) README doesn't list download binary from releases and run

• website https://the.exa.website/ lists download binary

 

• lsd

1. (pro) Distributed via snap in addition to other channels that exa uses
2. (con) Requires some fonts as pre-requisite

• Others at github topic = ls

 

License 

Apache License 2.0. Check file LICENSE

 

Dev notes

Check DEVELOPER.md

 

Author

Built by  AutofitCloud.

 

Source: https://github.com/autofitcloud/lsvine