ShowColumns
provides prettier Get-ChildItem
replacement and ability to display lists of objects in columns.
Available cmdlets are:
Show-Columns
- displays any data piped into it in columns with auto-calculated widths.Show-ChildItemColumns
- invokesGet-ChildItem
with given parameters and displays results usingShow-Columns
.
Install module from PowerShell Gallery:
Install-Module ShowColumns -Scope CurrentUser
Then import module in your PowerShell profile and overwrite ls
alias:
Import-Module ShowColumns
Set-Alias ls Show-ChildItemColumns -Option AllScope
- Automatic calculation of column widths based on available screen space
- Ability to display any property either by name or using arbitrary expression
- Ability to group items by property value or expression
- Ability to configure colors and text decoration based on input objects
- Drop-in replacement for
Get-ChildItem
cmdlet for convenient use
See docs/ShowColumns.md for module documentation.