# LSX v1.30 - extension sensitive directory lister

#### Revised 18-Mar-97. Copyright (c) 1996-97 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

Usage - Description - Example - Options - Limitations

### USAGE

lsx [options] [directory]

### 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
            . (dir)
            .. (dir)
            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.)

-l : List all file names in lower case.

-u : List all file names in upper case.

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

### LIMITATIONS

lsx handles directories of up to 1000 entries.

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