On Tue, June 21, 2011 5:39 pm, vadi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm considering migrating my desktop from Linux to OpenBSD but the
> main feature that
> kept me away from *BSD world for over a decade since I've first tried
> FreeBSD was the
> one that options must only be specified after command before any
> arguments. (At least
> that is true for basic commands). For example on Linux a command
>
>   ls -l foo -h
>
> will print the foo's size with suffix (K, M, G, etc.). On *BSD
> (including Mac OS X) I get error
> message:
>
>   ls: -h: No such file or directory
>
> Is there an easy way to get the desired behavior on OpenBSD? If that
> can only be achieved
> by patching system's sources is there a standard way to maintain my
> personal set of
> patches so that they will be automatically applied every time I upgrade
> system?
>
> Best regards,
> Vadim.
>
>

To answer your question:
No
Not even in Linux
>From the GNU ls man page:

SYNOPSIS
       ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Your use of the tool is incorrect. You *can* hit your hand with a hammer
but that's not what it's for...

Now can we all move on? Or do we now discuses the merits of claw vs.
ball-peen hammers for hand smashing?

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