I don't remember the rationale, but seem to recall that there was no restriction on field widths, so using %2d (as might have been done for the sample line's link count) would be conforming. Besides, some variance is required if you want to make varying-length user names align in columns. Same with link counts of 1 and 99.
Okie, fine enough by me. Was mostly curious. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
