Inconsistent list output

Please do: # mkdir test # dd if=/dev/zero of=test/file bs=1000 count=1 # chown 123456:123456 -R test # tar cf t1.tar test # tar tvf t1.tar drwxr-xr-x 123456/123456 0 2022-09-08 03:06 test/ -rw-r--r-- 123456/123456 1000 2022-09-08 03:06 test/file Normal output as it should be. Now: # chown 1

Re: Inconsistent list output

Since tar can't know the maximum values in each column, other than by looking at machine maximum, it'd havetomake those columns very wide to have them line up. I doubt whether that would be a win in general.