# Install lr with Homebrew, apt, Nix File list utility with features from ls(1), find(1), stat(1), and du(1). Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lr ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lr ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lr ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: lr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#lr ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lr/lr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lr - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.1 - **Source summary:** File list utility with features from ls(1), find(1), stat(1), and du(1) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - lr (cli) - lr (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/leahneukirchen/lr - Upstream latest detected: v2.0.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage lr is a recursive file-listing command that combines parts of `ls`, `find`, `stat`, and `du` into one Unix-style CLI. ### Project history Leah Neukirchen's GitHub repository describes lr as a tool for generating file listings with selected features from `ls(1)`, `find(1)`, `stat(1)`, and `du(1)`. The repository was created in October 2015 and the first tagged release, v0.1, followed in November 2015. The NEWS file shows the tool maturing through Unix-flavored features: chmod-style mode checks, timestamp selection, colorized symlink targets, broken-link display, Linux ACL/capability/xattr display, breadth-first traversal, shell quoting, OSC 8 hyperlinks, and permission-error behavior. ### Adoption history The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix packaging. That spread fits lr's niche: it is not a coreutils replacement, but it appeals to users who want recursive listings and filter expressions without assembling long `find` pipelines. GitHub metadata shows a modest but real audience, with 165 stars and ongoing repository activity through 2025. ### How it is used lr is run directly as `lr` over one or more paths. The README includes a 'Rosetta stone' mapping common `ls` and `find` invocations to lr commands, and documents filters, sort keys, custom formats, depth control, symlink handling, NUL-delimited input/output, and long-output formats. The tool has no documented config file or credentials; behavior is controlled through command-line flags and filter expressions. ### Why package nerds care lr is interesting to package nerds because it sits between canonical Unix tools rather than replacing only one of them. It packages a personal Unix workflow into a small C utility with manpage-style semantics, making it attractive to people who care about composable file enumeration. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created and v0.1 tagged. - 2017: v1.0 changed quoting behavior and added locale, color, @file input, and better error reporting. - 2023: v1.6 added basename sorting and large-file defaults. - 2025: v2.0 changed permission-denied behavior and added quiet mode. ### Related projects - lr overlaps with `ls`, `find`, `stat`, `du`, `xargs`, and the author's `xe` utility, which the README recommends for command execution workflows. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** lr - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - lr - 1.5.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | list files, recursively | https://git.vuxu.org/lr/about/ - Nix - lr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lr/lr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - lr - 1.5.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lr from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | list files, recursively | https://git.vuxu.org/lr/about/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [fcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system, unix. - [detox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/detox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system, unix. - [dust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dust/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system. - [dutree](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dutree/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system. - [eza](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eza/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-listing, file-management, system. - [fdupes](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fdupes/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system. - [findutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/findutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system. - [jdupes](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jdupes/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, filesystem, system. - [lla](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lla/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-listing, file-management, listing. - [lsd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lsd/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-listing, file-management, listing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lr.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lr.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph