lla

A blazing-fast ls replacement with superpowers.

Runs as lla|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

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List a directory with lla in long, tree, Git-aware or timeline view, or search file contents. Only the options shown in the official README are included.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui lla

List filesExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Directories

any

Long view*

-l

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Long listing

pathslong

Tree view

pathstreedepth

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Directories

Defaults to the current directory.
path · positional 0 · repeatable

Long view

boolean

-l

Tree view

boolean

-t

Depth

integer

-d

Git-aware view

boolean

-G

Group by time

boolean

--timeline

Search file contents

string

--search

JSON output

boolean

--json

Pretty-print JSON

boolean

--pretty

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

lla # default view lla -l # long view with metadata lla -t -d 3 # tree view, three levels deep lla -G # Git-aware view lla --timeline # group entries by time lla --search "TODO" # search file contents lla --json --pretty # machine-readable output

manual2026-10-27

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Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed lla against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.