On Monday 01 July 2002 05:46 pm, Linux Rockz wrote:
> I have been using output redirection for quite sometime. I have often
> wondered why it is that when I use the 'ls' command, the output is in
> several columns on the monitor while it is in a single column when I
> redirect the output to a file.

You didn't read the texinfo documentation for ls. To quote:

By default, the output is sorted alphabetically.  If standard output
is a terminal, the output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control
characters are output as question marks; otherwise, the output is listed
one per line and control characters are output as-is.

Binand


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