On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 6:14 PM Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 26/09/2018 10:55, Long Wind wrote:
> > sorry! you're right.
> > after checking ls manual, i find ls has option -1
>
> Note also that ls will behave like it has the "-1" option if its output
> is piped to another command, even without this option. I like to use the
> "-1" option even in this case because it is what I mean (counting
> entries one per line).
>
>
But also note the difference when using the letter "l" vs the numeral "1":
westk@westkbox:/opt$ ls -la | wc
7 56 321
westk@westkbox:/opt$ ls -1a | wc
6 6 54
The difference is that the letter includes the total count of blocks used
at the top of the list (adding one to the count), whereas the numeral does
not.
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