eza’s options are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike ls’s.

Display options

• -1, --oneline: display one entry per line
• -G, --grid: display entries as a grid (default)
• -l, --long: display extended details and attributes
• -R, --recurse: recurse into directories
• -T, --tree: recurse into directories as a tree
• -x, --across: sort the grid across, rather than downwards
• -F, --classify=(when): display type indicator by file names (always, auto, never)
• --colo[u]r=(when): when to use terminal colours (always, auto, never)
• --colo[u]r-scale=(field): highlight levels of field distinctly(all, age, size)
• --color-scale-mode=(mode): use gradient or fixed colors in --color-scale. valid options are fixed or gradient
• --icons=(when): when to display icons (always, auto, never)
• --hyperlink: display entries as hyperlinks
• --absolute=(mode): display entries with their absolute path (on, follow, off)
• -w, --width=(columns): set screen width in columns

Filtering options

• -a, --all: show hidden and 'dot' files
• -d, --list-dirs: list directories like regular files
• -L, --level=(depth): limit the depth of recursion
• -r, --reverse: reverse the sort order
• -s, --sort=(field): which field to sort by
• --group-directories-first: list directories before other files
• -D, --only-dirs: list only directories
• -f, --only-files: list only files
• --git-ignore: ignore files mentioned in .gitignore
• -I, --ignore-glob=(globs): glob patterns (pipe-separated) of files to ignore

Pass the --all option twice to also show the . and .. directories.

Long view options

These options are available when running with --long (-l):

• -b, --binary: list file sizes with binary prefixes
• -B, --bytes: list file sizes in bytes, without any prefixes
• -g, --group: list each file’s group
• -h, --header: add a header row to each column
• -H, --links: list each file’s number of hard links
• -i, --inode: list each file’s inode number
• -m, --modified: use the modified timestamp field
• -M, --mounts: Show mount details (Linux and MacOS only).
• -S, --blocksize: show size of allocated file system blocks
• -t, --time=(field): which timestamp field to use
• -u, --accessed: use the accessed timestamp field
• -U, --created: use the created timestamp field
• -X, --dereference: dereference symlinks for file information
• -Z, --context: list each file’s security context
• -@, --extended: list each file’s extended attributes and sizes
• --changed: use the changed timestamp field
• --git: list each file’s Git status, if tracked or ignored
• --git-repos: list each directory’s Git status, if tracked
• --git-repos-no-status: list whether a directory is a Git repository, but not its status (faster)
• --no-git: suppress Git status (always overrides --git, --git-repos, --git-repos-no-status)
• --time-style: how to format timestamps. valid timestamp styles are ‘default’, ‘iso’, ‘long-iso’, ‘full-iso’, ‘relative’, or a custom style ‘+<FORMAT>’ (E.g., ‘+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M’ => ‘2023-09-30 13:00’. For more specifications on the format string, see the eza(1) manual page and chrono documentation.).
• --total-size: show recursive directory size
• --no-permissions: suppress the permissions field
• -o, --octal-permissions: list each file's permission in octal format
• --no-filesize: suppress the filesize field
• --no-user: suppress the user field
• --no-time: suppress the time field
• --stdin: read file names from stdin

Some of the options accept parameters:

• Valid --colo[u]r options are always, automatic (or auto for short), and never.
• Valid sort fields are accessed, changed, created, extension, Extension, inode, modified, name, Name, size, type, and none. Fields starting with a capital letter sort uppercase before lowercase. The modified field has the aliases date, time, and newest, while its reverse has the aliases age and oldest.
• Valid time fields are modified, changed, accessed, and created.
• Valid time styles are default, iso, long-iso, full-iso, and relative.