coreutils 8.26 includes the following improvement:
> ls now aligns quoted items with non quoted items, which is easier to read,
> and also better indicates that the quote is not part of the actual name.
which I find to be a welcome addition to the quoting behavior introduced in
8.25. However, thi
On 30/11/16 20:19, Zhiming Wang wrote:
> coreutils 8.26 includes the following improvement:
>
>> ls now aligns quoted items with non quoted items, which is easier to read,
>> and also better indicates that the quote is not part of the actual name.
>
> which I find to be a welcome addition to the
> On Nov 30, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
> When `ls -1` is used interactively it can be handy to triple click to
> select the whole line, in which case selecting just the file name without
> leading space would be preferred.
I had this thought as well because I've been triple clicki
The alignment change is helpful, but I do have an argument against doing
the same in the -1 case:
It breaks something many of us have done in scripts.
Of course we *know* that ls -1 isn't the best way to go, but for quickie
scripts it has been the standby for many. Also, I cannot come up with a
go
On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Paul Vint wrote:
> The alignment change is helpful, but I do have an argument against doing the
> same in the -1 case: It breaks something many of us have done in scripts.
It breaks nothing. Quoting and alignment by default only happens when stdout is
a tty. Also, ls
Hello,
On 2016-11-30 7:12 p.m., Zhiming Wang wrote:
On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Paul Vint wrote:
The alignment change is helpful, but I do have an argument against doing the
same in the -1 case: It breaks something many of us have done in scripts.
It breaks nothing. Quoting and alignment by
On Dec 13, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>
> We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
> regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html
>
> If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
> please send an email to coreut...@gnu.org .
Hello,
On 2018-12-13 5:18 p.m., Zhiming Wang wrote:
On Dec 13, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html
- The page doesn't seem to be linked from anywhere; not the coreutils FAQ, not
the manual. So discoverability seems rather poor?
