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Message #26 received at 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Bruntlett <ianbruntlett <at> hotmail.com>
To: <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#10013: man ls
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:38:57 +0000

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Hi All,

> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:10:27 -0800
> From: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
> To: eblake <at> redhat.com
> CC: ianbruntlett <at> hotmail.com; 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: bug#10013: man ls
> 
> On 11/10/11 13:33, Eric Blake wrote:
> > +The @command{ls} program stands for ``list sorted''.
> 
> I'm somewhat dubious.

My source was James O. Coplien at an ACCU conference in Oxford some years ago. I didn't want to drop names.



HTH,




Ian

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