"Jordan Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Yes, it's possible, if that behavior is controlled by a new option, >> but it's hard to justify adding new options to ls. > > May I ask why such behavior would have to be "optional"?
Well, I see what you mean. You'd like it to be the default. But some people will prefer to have more horizontal space for file names, so then they'd want a new option for that. What we really need is an overall --format=S option. Then anyone could roll his/her own. Eventually, someone will find the time to write the code for --format, but until then, I'm trying to avoid adding new, format-related options. If enough people express preference for a different default format, then it might make sense to change. > only a single space separating the columns. It seems especially tight when > listing a file with a numeric uid/gid: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 123 456 5 Apr 10 18:15 test I don't often use ls's --numeric-uid-gid (-n) option -- or otherwise see such listings, so I don't have strong feelings about the format. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
