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I'm saying you would use `ls | grep ...` in situations where you're transforming the output but use `exa` when you specifically care about the files or their me

I'm saying you would use `ls | grep ...` in situations where you're transforming the output but use `exa` when you specifically care about the files or their metadata. That is, use ls when you you don't care about the direct output of the list file command, use exa when you do.

vidarh 5y ago
I agree with your point but most things you might want "ls|grep" for is better done with "find" which can do both in one.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  Or indeed ‘fd’, which is a find replacement with nicer search syntax.
- tills13 5y ago
  Sure. Use what you know and what you're comfortable with.