Intro
lsd is an alternative to the classic ls
UNIX tool. It shows you a listing of files, directories, links, named pipes etc.
The difference to its predecessor is that it makes use of Glyph-rich fonts such
as Nerd Fonts as well as an abundance
of colors preconfigured and available from start.
Troubleshooting & How-to
“Permission denied” when root or $LD_PRELOAD error on a gtk3-related library
You’ve probably installed lsd via snap. Don’t; Either build it from source
or install it with apt.
Use lsd and redirect its output
You might notice that when redirecting lsd output to e.g., a file, lsd detects that its output is not actually a terminal and turns off coloring and glyphs. Most of the time that’s the correct behavior, otherwise it would pollute the output file with escape characters for the colors. However if you still want to keep colors and glyphs on, here’s how you would do it
ls --tree --icon always --color always | less -r
# Or if piping to a file
ls --tree --icon always --color always | tee -a output-file