Configuration

Config file location: ~/.config/l/config.toml

(if you can’t find the config check $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/l/config.toml)

Generate with defaults

l --config-init

General

Option	Type	Default	Description
editor	string	nvim	Editor opened by l -C
interactive_default	bool	false	Start in interactive mode by default
default_flags	string	—	Default CLI flags (e.g. "-m -a")
empty_dir_message	string	empty dir	Message shown when directory is empty

Display

Option	Type	Default	Description
show_header	bool	true	Show column header row
show_border	bool	true	Show table border
show_type	bool	true	Show file type column
show_size	bool	true	Show file size column
show_modified	bool	true	Show modified date column
show_icons	bool	true	Show Nerd Font icons
show_permissions	bool	false	Show permissions column
show_bottom_header_for_large_returns	bool	true	Repeat header at bottom when row count exceeds window height
always_show_bottom_header	bool	false	Always repeat header at bottom
directory_position	string	inline	Directory sort position: top, bottom, or inline (sorted with files)

Colors

Colors accept terminal color numbers, named colors, or hex values (e.g. 7, "red", "#ff8800").

Option	Type	Default	Description
headings	string	15	Column header color
primary	string	02	Primary accent color
secondary	string	06	Secondary accent color
text	string	07	Default text color
text_highlight	string	06	Highlighted text color
description_highlight	string	05	Highlighted description color
muted	string	08	Muted/dim text color
border	string	08	Table border color
dir_color	string	12	Directory name color
file_color	string	07	File name color
type_color	string	08	File type column color
permissions_color	string	08	Permissions column color

Modified age colors

Applied based on how recently a file was modified.

Option	Default	When applied
mod_newer_color	10	< 1 hour ago
mod_new_color	02	< 1 day ago
mod_old_color	03	< 1 week ago
mod_older_color	04	< 4 weeks ago
modified_color	—	Overrides all of the above when set

File size colors

Option	Default	When applied
file_sm	10	< 10 KB
file_md	02	< 100 KB
file_lg	03	< 1 MB
file_xl	04	≥ 1 MB
file_size	—	Overrides all of the above when set