Thanks for the suggestion. You're right.
In the latest test release,
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0w.tar.gz
it has been revised:
$ ls --help|grep -e -F,
-F, --classify append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
"Paul R. Pickelmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Is bad help considered a bug? On the theory that it is I'm sending you
| the following excerpt. The descrition of the "-F" option is broken, or
| should I say broken English.
|
| I would say: append a file-type indicator to file-name.
|
|
| -- Paul
|
| bash-2.01$ ls --help
| Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
| List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
| Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.
|
| ...
| -F, --classify append a character for typing each entry
| --format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l,
| single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
| --full-time list both full date and full time
| ...
|
| Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| bash-2.01$ pine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
