Grid view

pls can reduce the amount of vertical space taken by the output, thus reducing the amount of strolling required, by placing the node names in a grid instead of a column.

Arguments

--grid/-g can be used to turn the grid mode on or off. Grid mode is turned off by default because it reduces the amount of info shown per file.

The direction of the grid can be changed with the --down/-D flag.

Caution

Note that the grid view is incompatible with the detail view. In case of conflict, the detail view will be used and the grid view will be turned off.

Otherwise, you may disable the detail view using --det=none/-d=none.

Caution

Note that the grid view is also incompatible with symlink tracing (which can take large amounts of horizontal space). In case of conflict, the grid view will be used and symlink tracing will be turned off.

Caution

Note that the grid view is also incompatible with collapsing (which leads to nodes that expand to multiple lines). In case of conflict, the grid view will be used and collapsing will be turned off.

All these incompatibilities are the reason why the grid view is not the default view.

Examples

pls # or --grid=false or -g=false

​   file_abcd
   file_efgh
   file_ijkl
󰌹 .file_mnop@ 󰁔 file_abcd

pls --grid=true # or -g=true

​   file_abcd      file_efgh
   file_ijkl   󰌹 .file_mnop@