# NAME
-nitls - lists the packages, groups and paths of Nit sources files.
+nitls - search and lists the packages, groups and paths of Nit sources files.
# SYNOPSIS
# DESCRIPTION
-`nitls` is used to list Nit files in directories and extract the module-group-package relation.
+`nitls` is used to search and list Nit files in directories and extract the module-group-package relation.
-It is basically a `ls` or a simple `find` specialized on `.nit` source files.
+It is basically a `ls`, a `which` or a simple `find` specialized on `.nit` source files.
By default `nitls` works with the current directory (`.`).
Show the tree of modules from the current directory.
- $ nitls -t
+ $ nitls
+ test_prog: Test program for model tools. (.)
+ |--game: Gaming group (./game)
+ | `--game: A game abstraction for RPG. (./game/game.nit)
+ |--platform: Fictive Crappy Platform. (./platform)
+ | `--platform: Declares base types allowed on the platform. (./platform/platform.nit)
+ |--rpg: Role Playing Game group (./rpg)
+ | |--careers: Careers of the game. (./rpg/careers.nit)
+ | |--character: Characters are playable entity in the world. (./rpg/character.nit)
+ | |--combat: COmbat interactions between characters. (./rpg/combat.nit)
+ | |--races: Races of the game. (./rpg/races.nit)
+ | `--rpg: A worlg RPG abstraction. (./rpg/rpg.nit)
+ `--test_prog: A test program with a fake model to check model tools. (./test_prog.nit)
+
Show the list of packages imported by the modules of the current directory.
$ nitls -d -P *.nit
+ base64: Offers the base 64 encoding and decoding algorithms (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/base64.nit)
+ core: # Nit common library of core classes and methods (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/core)
+ curl: Data transfer with URL syntax (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/curl)
+ json (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/json)
+ libevent: Low-level wrapper around the libevent library to manage events on file descriptors (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/libevent.nit)
+ md5: Native MD5 digest implementation as `Text::md5` (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/md5.nit)
+ more_collections: Highly specific, but useful, collections-related classes. (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/more_collections.nit)
+ nitcc_runtime: Runtime library required by parsers and lexers generated by nitcc (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/nitcc_runtime.nit)
+ nitcorn: Lightweight framework for Web applications development (.)
+ parser_base: Simple base for hand-made parsers of all kinds (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/parser_base.nit)
+ performance_analysis: Services to gather information on the performance of events by categories (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/performance_analysis.nit)
+ realtime: Services to keep time of the wall clock time (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/realtime.nit)
+ serialization: # Abstract serialization services (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/serialization)
+ template: Basic template system (/home/privat/prog/nit/lib/template)
+
+Show the directory of the package `inkscape_tools`.
+
+ $ nitls -pP inkscape_tools
+ /home/privat/prog/nit/contrib/inkscape_tools
# OPTIONS