Pádraig Brady, le mar. 28 janv. 2025 20:20:54 +0000, a ecrit: > On 28/01/2025 20:00, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > ls(1) says this about --format: > > > > --format=WORD > > across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, > > verbose -l, vertical -C > > > > It was not clear at all for my students (and not for me either, > > actually), that it's the words that should be used, and not the letters. > > > > The attached patch makes this much more explicit: > > > > --format=WORD where WORD can be > > across (like -x), commas (like -m), horizontal (like -x), long > > (like -l), single-column (like -1), verbose (like -l), vertical > > (like -C) > > Right. It might suffice just to add the parentheses, > and then the description would be of consistent form with: > > --sort=WORD sort by WORD instead of name: none (-U), size (-S), > time (-t), > version (-v), extension (-X), width > > > --indicator-style=WORD > append indicator with style WORD to entry names: none (default), > slash (-p), file-type (--file-type), classify (-F) > > I'll adjust accordingly and push if you agree.
Sure, thanks! Samuel
