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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 10013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Ian Bruntlett <ianbruntlett <at> hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: man ls
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:08:33 -0800

I did get one answer back from someone who
was at Bell Labs's system group during the
late 1970s, and who worked closely with one of
the well-known Unix names, writing code.
He wrote: "I always thought it just meant list.
I don't think the question ever came up during
the year I was at Bell Labs, so I don't
know what everyone else thought it meant."
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