Re: [PATCH] ls: add --sort=width (-W) option to sort by filename width

2021-04-09 Thread Leslie S Satenstein via GNU coreutils General Discussion
Perhaps FreeBSD would be interested in this enhancement.   Regards  Leslie Leslie Satenstein Montréal Québec, Canada On Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:52:10 p.m. EDT, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 09/04/2021 13:02, Carl Edquist wrote: > Dear Coreutils Maintainers, > > I'd like to introduce

Re: [PATCH] ls: add --sort=width (-W) option to sort by filename width

2021-04-09 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 09/04/2021 13:02, Carl Edquist wrote: Dear Coreutils Maintainers, I'd like to introduce my favorite 'ls' option, '-W', which I have been enjoying using regularly over the last few years. The concept is just to sort filenames by their printed widths. (If this sounds odd, I invite you hear i

Re: patch: touch --verbose

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Cook
OK, I hear you. The counter-argument could be that the other tools cp, mv, rm, ln, chmod, chgrp, ... have the -v option, and so it's an anomaly that touch does not. And we should strive to avoid anomalies as best we can? > Also xargs --verbose or (set -x; touch *) are sufficient Those solutions

[PATCH] ls: add --sort=width (-W) option to sort by filename width

2021-04-09 Thread Carl Edquist
Dear Coreutils Maintainers, I'd like to introduce my favorite 'ls' option, '-W', which I have been enjoying using regularly over the last few years. The concept is just to sort filenames by their printed widths. (If this sounds odd, I invite you hear it out, try and see for yourself!) I am