[re-adding the list]
On 11/10/2011 02:21 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
Hi Eric,
Reads a bit long. Maybe:
The 'ls' program stands for "list sorted". It lists information about
files (of any type, including directories), typically in a sorted order.
Options and file arguments...
Cool :) I much prefer your version.
I'm glad you like it, but we still have to turn it into a formal patch
approved by the primary maintainers. How about:
From 4ef41ac0146c1a2d9b92b2304ab6cf6e6470f730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Blake <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:32:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention mnemonic
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Mention "list sorted".
Suggested by Ian Bruntlett.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2c33fe8..3831364 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -6368,8 +6368,9 @@ ls invocation
@pindex ls
@cindex directory listing
-The @command{ls} program lists information about files (of any type,
-including directories). Options and file arguments can be intermixed
+The @command{ls} program stands for ``list sorted''. It lists
+information about files (of any type, including directories),
+typically in a sorted order. Options and file arguments can be intermixed
arbitrarily, as usual.
For non-option command-line arguments that are directories, by default
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1.7.4.4
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