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author | Canop <cano.petrole@gmail.com> | 2020-06-26 08:35:18 +0200 |
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committer | Canop <cano.petrole@gmail.com> | 2020-06-26 08:35:18 +0200 |
commit | 1ab38d3bf03fb32770963868264610abbdafab2b (patch) | |
tree | 1a87525111a79db286fc229bf0584f141421a7bb /README.md | |
parent | 1f05df8cd295f00026f96c3003829611041ff305 (diff) |
update documentation for new sort modes
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@@ -126,15 +126,19 @@ If you want to display *dates* and *permissions*, do `br -dp` which gets you thi You may also toggle options with a few keystrokes while inside broot. For example hitting a space, a `d` then enter shows you the dates. Or a space, then `h` then enter and you see hidden files. -### See what takes space: +### Sort, see what takes space: -![size](img/20191112-sizes.png) +You can toggle sorts from inside broot, or start broot with `--sort-by-size` or `--sort-by-date`. + +When sorting, the whole content of directories is taken into account. So if you want to find on monday morning the most recently modified files, just launch `br --sort-by-date ~`. -If you start broot with the `--sizes` option, or if you type `:s` while in broot, you get a mode tailored to "whale spotting" navigation, making it easy to determine what files or folders take space. +If you start broot with the `--whale-spotting` option (or its shorcut `-w`), you get a mode tailored to "whale spotting" navigation, making it easy to determine what files or folders take space. + +![size](img/20191112-sizes.png) And you keep all broot tools, like filtering or the ability to delete or open files and directories. -Sizes are computed in the background, you don't have to wait for them when you navigate. +Sizes, dates, files counts, are computed in the background, you don't have to wait for them when you navigate. ### check git statuses: |