shane kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> man page for ls describes -F & -p flags as appending
> one of the following indicators: /=@|
> it does not describe what the indicators mean
That's discussed in the authoritative documentation.
At the bottom of the man page, it says this:
------------------------------
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for ls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and ls programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info coreutils ls
------------------------------
And that has a decent explanation:
`-F'
`--classify'
`--indicator-style=classify'
Append a character to each file name indicating the file type.
Also, for regular files that are executable, append `*'. The file
type indicators are `/' for directories, `@' for symbolic links,
`|' for FIFOs, `=' for sockets, and nothing for regular files. Do
not follow symbolic links listed on the command line unless the
`--dereference-command-line' (`-H'), `--dereference' (`-L'), or
`--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir' options are specified.
`-p'
`--file-type'
`--indicator-style=file-type'
Append a character to each file name indicating the file type.
This is like `-F', except that executables are not marked.
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