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ls: manual entry for -f mentions incorrect option

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From: Daniel Hofstetter <dhofstet <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls: manual entry for -f mentions incorrect option
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:38:56 +0100

Hi,

The manual entry for -f on
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Sorting-the-output.html#index-_002df-9
contains:

"[...] This is equivalent to the combination of --all (-a),
--sort=none (-U), -1, --color=none, and --hyperlink=none [...]."

The "-1" option seems to be incorrect because "ls -f" lists more than
one file per line with ls 9.4.

Regards,
Daniel

Message #10 received at 67765-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Daniel Hofstetter <dhofstet <at> gmail.com>, 67765-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67765: ls: manual entry for -f mentions incorrect option
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:39:58 +0000

On 11/12/2023 09:38, Daniel Hofstetter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The manual entry for -f on
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Sorting-the-output.html#index-_002df-9
> contains:
> 
> "[...] This is equivalent to the combination of --all (-a),
> --sort=none (-U), -1, --color=none, and --hyperlink=none [...]."
> 
> The "-1" option seems to be incorrect because "ls -f" lists more than
> one file per line with ls 9.4.

Right, that description regressed in coreutils 9.0.
I've pushed a fix.

Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

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