On 08/23/2015 01:35 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Erik Auerswald wrote: >> an explicit "Inf" keyword is still better than some number that >> relies on system limits > > With the latest patch, there are no system limits; you can use as big a > number > as you like. I'm aware of the "use 0 to denote infinity" tradition, but I'm > still leery of using a valid width value to denote infinity; I'd rather use > some > other string.
I'm not sure what's the gain of having all file names in one huge line; anyway, why not simply ... $ touch a b c $ ls -1 | paste -s -d' ' a b c Have a nice day, Berny
