On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> We also have a precedent for options which affect but do not imply a
> long listing (-o). I believe we should stick with that precedent and
> leave -n as it is.
Why not change -o's behavior too? I find the current behavior
unintuitive and kind of annoying. If I specify -o, I want to see the
file flags; "ls -o" producing the same output as "ls" is just ... weird.
As you can see, my argument is as rational and well-supported as yours
is. ;-)
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Ben
UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.
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