LSX v1.10 - extension sensitive directory lister

Revised 8-Apr-96. Copyright (c) 1996 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

USAGE

DESCRIPTION

lsx is an alternative directory lister, for directories with many files with the same basename(s) but with different extensions, for example directories containing C programming projects.

By default, lsx recognizes the extensions .h .c .obj, but is configurable (see -x option) to any set of 1-10 extensions.

lsx writes directory contents to standard output.

lsx writes error messages to standard error.

EXAMPLE

For example, if the current directory contains:

	TRANS.C   
	TCOLS.OBJ 
	MAKEFILE     
	TCOLS.C   
	TROWS.C   
	EVAL.H   
	TREE.H   
	TREE.OBJ 
	PARSER.OBJ 
	TRANS.OBJ 
	TESTCOLS (dir)     
	TESTROWS (dir)    
	EVAL.OBJ 
	PARSER.C   
	TROWS.OBJ 
	EVAL.C   
	TRANS.H   
	PARSER.H   
	TREE.C   

then the command:

	lsx -f -d

prints the following:

	EVAL     .H .C .OBJ
	PARSER   .H .C .OBJ
	TCOLS       .C .OBJ
	TRANS    .H .C .OBJ
	TREE     .H .C .OBJ
	TROWS       .C .OBJ
	MAKEFILE
	TESTCOLS (dir)     
	TESTROWS (dir)     

OPTIONS

-f : Also list files that don't have sought extensions.

-d : Also list directories.

-x=ext/ext/... : Set (up to 10) extensions to be recognized. (Don't include . in extensions.)
For, say, a directory with a Modula-2 programming project, you could use the command:

	lsx -x=def/mod/obj

-r : List read-only files in red, others in green. (Requires the ANSI.SYS driver to be loaded. Check your config.sys file.)

-v : Print version banner and usage info to standard error (or logfile, if given), then exit.

LIMITATIONS

lsx handles directories of up to 200 entries.

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