On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 14:37:11 -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote: > The fix is trivial (see attached), but I wanted to > check whether perhaps this was done by intent and > there's a reason why we're not printing the total when > using `-1`?
If I had to guess (I'm too lazy to look and it's more fun that way), I'd say -1 is the option for "the output is meant to read programmatically" and it's antonym is -C for "the output for human consumption". If ls outputs to a pipe it infers -1 automatically unless -C is specified (cf. "command ls | more"). The total is "for human consumption" (phrased as "the output is to a terminal"), so when you specify -1 you turn that off. -uwe
