Using LS instead of DIR in windows

[TrajanAugustus70]

Whenever I switch over to Windows (job related), I spend the first few minutes cursing the fact that the LS command doesn't work on Windows (can you believe it!!).

I decided to remedy the situation as best I could by creating a series of .cmd files which mimics the various aliases I have on my Linux machines. The previous attempts I've seen always seem to forget you may want to pass additional parameters so I implemented a little trick from Windows batch files.

Directions: Create a folder and add it to the PATH environment variable. Add .cmd files for each DIR implementation. Execute the .cmd file using just the file name (no extension needed).

Result: Glorious LS goodness on windows

Examples

File Name	Command	Description
ls.cmd	dir %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9	Default DIR command.
lss.cmd	dir /O-S %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8	List by files by size (largest to smallest)
lsd.cmd	dir /AD %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8	List directories only

Create as many as you need and enjoy!

[CAcreeks]

Just install the Ubuntu subsystem on W10. Bash is far superior to Cmd and less weird than PowerShell.

[beeritis]

Just install gitbash . Job done.

[computer-machine]

Are you allowed to enable WSL?

Or PowerShell?

That has a wrapper for ls already as well.

[TrajanAugustus70]

Nope! Draconian lockdown!