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]