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by coffeeri 701 days ago
Yes, it is marketed as a better “ls”. I was commenting regarding “maintained” in:

> A modern, maintained replacement for ls.

“Maintained” is referring to exa I think.
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lynndotpy 701 days ago
Yes, exactly this. The original `exa`'s description is

> exa is a modern replacement for `ls`

and it seems `eza` very recently changed the README to match that, given the confusion.

At the time, emphasizing it was actively maintained (in comparison to `exa`) made sense, but by now, `eza` has about 5x more daily downloads than `exa`:

- https://crates.io/crates/eza

- https://crates.io/crates/exa

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kazinator 701 days ago
Right; since the sentence mentions ls, of course, it must be referring to something other than ls.

Like when your wife finds a sexier, more romantic replacement for you, of course she's not comparing anyone to you. (Nobody is sexier or more romantic than you.) She means sexier and more romantic replacement compared to the previous lover she's just broken up with.

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