(Emacs+Org-Mode) A Literate LS

I can never remember what parameters I want for ls so I made an alias for it. I still couldn’t remember them so I copy and pasted the documentation into a literate document and tangle that into a function to do what I want:

Literate programming is under a lot of pressure to deliver massive productivity gains so you never see any simple examples that are useful to people. I’ve got them all over the place for things that are difficult for me. Some of them are necessarily complex and interesting. Others are simplistic and boring. Each still help me a lot because of reasons unique to me. This is one of the simple ones :). First is the function itself, second is the part for humans, and finally the code for the document iself. For the second section for humans, I don’t add the source block names (e.g. #+name: ls-hide-dotdot-dirs) to the document for humans because I usually just read the document source code:

Bash Function 

function l {
  gls \
    --almost-all \
    --author \
    -C \
    --group-directories-first \
    --si \
    --indicator-style=classify \
    -l \
    --quote-name \
    --quoting-style=c \
    --time-style=long-iso \
    "$@"
}

Document To Read

July 2018 – GNU coreutils 8.30

ls – list directory contents 

function l {
  gls \
      ⟪ls-hide-dotdot-dirs⟫ \
      ⟪ls-show-file-author⟫ \
      ⟪ls-list-in-columns⟫ \
      ⟪ls-list-dirs-first⟫ \
      ⟪ls-file-size-units-policy⟫ \
      ⟪ls-show-file-type-indicator⟫ \
      ⟪ls-use-long-lines⟫ \
      ⟪ls-double-quote-entry-names⟫ \
      ⟪ls-quoting-style⟫ \
      ⟪ls-timestamp-format⟫ \
      ⟪ls-take-additional-arguments⟫
      }

do not list implied . and .. 

--almost-all

with -l, print the author of each file 

--author

list entries by columns 

-C

group directories before files;

can be augmented with a –sort option, but any use of –sort=\,none\/ (-U) disables grouping 

--group-directories-first

print sizes like 1K 234M 2G etc. but use the SI format, powers of 1000 not 1024 

--si

append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), slash (-p), file-type (–file-type), classify (-F) 

--indicator-style=classify

use a long listing format 

-l

enclose entry names in double quotes 

--quote-name

use quoting style WORD for entry names: literal, locale, shell, shell-always, shell-escape, shell-escape-always, c, escape (overrides QUOTING_STYLE environment variable) 

--quoting-style=c

time/date format with -l; see TIME_STYLE below 

--time-style=long-iso

Accept additional arguments to function "$@" expands to separate words: "$1" "$2" ... (see here) 

"$@"

Document Source Code 

July 2018 -- GNU coreutils 8.30
ls - list directory contents
#+name: org_gcr_2018-09-07T21-25-20-05-00_globigerina_1F948D28-CEF0-4389-AB1B-F8546C7DE36E
#+begin_src sh :comments no
function l {
  gls \
      ⟪ls-hide-dotdot-dirs⟫ \
      ⟪ls-show-file-author⟫ \
      ⟪ls-list-in-columns⟫ \
      ⟪ls-list-dirs-first⟫ \
      ⟪ls-file-size-units-policy⟫ \
      ⟪ls-show-file-type-indicator⟫ \
      ⟪ls-use-long-lines⟫ \
      ⟪ls-double-quote-entry-names⟫ \
      ⟪ls-quoting-style⟫ \
      ⟪ls-timestamp-format⟫ \
      ⟪ls-take-additional-arguments⟫
      }
#+end_src
do not list implied . and ..
#+name: ls-hide-dotdot-dirs
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--almost-all
#+end_src
with -l, print the author of each file
#+name: ls-show-file-author
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--author
#+end_src
list entries by columns
#+name: ls-list-in-columns
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
-C
#+end_src
group directories before files;
can be augmented  with a --sort option, but  any use of
--sort=\,none\/ (-U) disables grouping
#+name: ls-list-dirs-first
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--group-directories-first
#+end_src
print sizes like 1K 234M 2G etc.
but use the SI format, powers of 1000 not 1024
#+name: ls-file-size-units-policy
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--si
#+end_src
append indicator  with style WORD to  entry names: none
(default),   slash   (-p),   file-type   (--file-type),
classify (-F)
#+name: ls-show-file-type-indicator
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--indicator-style=classify
#+end_src
use a long listing format
#+name: ls-use-long-lines
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
-l
#+end_src
enclose entry names in double quotes
#+name: ls-double-quote-entry-names
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--quote-name
#+end_src
use  quoting  style  WORD  for  entry  names:  literal,
locale,     shell,      shell-always,     shell-escape,
shell-escape-always, c, escape (overrides QUOTING_STYLE
environment variable)
#+name: ls-quoting-style
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--quoting-style=c
#+end_src
time/date format with -l; see TIME_STYLE below
#+name: ls-timestamp-format
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
--time-style=long-iso
#+end_src
Accept additional arguments to function
"$@" expands to separate words: "$1" "$2" ...
(see here)
#+name: ls-take-additional-arguments
#+begin_src sh :tangle no
"$@"
#+end_src

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *