A Generation Lost in the Bazaar - Poul-Henning Kamp article

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Kevin Cozens wrote:

> On 12-08-22 08:15 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>     Or write a wrapper function for ls that implements, say, -D.
>
> -D is already in use.
>
>       -D, --dired
>              generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode

    Non-standard; no reason not to hijack it for other purposes.

    Or choose something else.


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