On 13/02/16 05:02, Max wrote: > Hi Padraig, > > Could I suggest that with the new quoting style default for ls with > terminal output, those files that are not quoted are indented by one > space so that the actual names of each file start on the same column > of text, with both long and short forms of output? > > Consider > > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Wolfmother > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'World'\''s End Press' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Yeasayer > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 YELLE > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Yuksek > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Zombie Nation' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Zucchero > > versus > > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Wolfmother > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'World'\''s End Press' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Yeasayer > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 YELLE > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Yuksek > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 'Zombie Nation' > drwxr-xr-x 3 max max 4.0K Jun 17 2015 Zucchero > > where I feel the second is much more readable in a fixed width font. > It also emphasises the fact that the quotes were added by ls as > opposed to being part of the original filename.
I like that! For the -l case this makes a lot of sense. thanks, Pádraig
