Subject: Re: bug#11526: "du -s . foo bar" only outputs size of first argument -- versions 8.13, 8.16, and 8.17 (latest)

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 17:29:34 -0700

On 05/20/2012 03:18 PM, Chris Marusich wrote:
> the behavior contrasts with the description of -s
> ("display only a total for each argument" ...)

We could change that "total" to "summary".

The --help output (man page) currently doesn't discuss
this issue in detail, because it's not really set up for
long discussions.  There is something in the manual about
this, if that helps.