GNU bug report logs - #10013
[ls] document origin of name

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ian Bruntlett <ianbruntlett <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Ian Bruntlett <ianbruntlett <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10013: man ls
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:37:45 -0700

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Do you have a reference for that information?  I always thought ls
> stood for LiSt directory.  The V7 source only says "list file or
> directory".  The man V7 page says "For each directory argument, ls
> lists the contents of the directory; for each file argument, ls
> repeats its name and any other information requested."

Eric Fischer records his history of it here:

  http://tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue48/fischer.html

Bob
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