Re: ls -C broken

That would be rude on the part of GNU, that's for sure. Below, though, I don't see the use of -C explicitly.  ls defaults to -C if output is to a terminal, and to -1 if not, as it has done for many years. I see a lot of red herrings in the explanations below as regarding column, tabs, expand,

Re: ls -C broken

On 2022/01/28 07:46, Thomas Wolff wrote: If I redirect output of `ls -C` (file / pipe), it used to produce well-formatted output in columns. Suddenly it produces garbage formatting instead. As `ls` itself is not new, maybe it's some library that breaks behaviour? Or even pty code?? Works on Cyg

Re: [QUAR] ls -C broken

On 1/28/2022 10:46 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote: If I redirect output of `ls -C` (file / pipe), it used to produce well-formatted output in columns. Suddenly it produces garbage formatting instead. As `ls` itself is not new, maybe it's some library that breaks behaviour? Or even pty code?? Works on

ls -C broken

If I redirect output of `ls -C` (file / pipe), it used to produce well-formatted output in columns. Suddenly it produces garbage formatting instead. As `ls` itself is not new, maybe it's some library that breaks behaviour? Or even pty code?? Works on Cygwin 32-bit. Any idea? Thomas -- Problem r