GNU bug report logs - #11526
du: hard-links counting with multiple arguments (commit

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 16:57:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10281, 10282

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11526 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11526: "du -s . foo bar" only outputs size of first argument -- versions 8.13, 8.16, and 8.17 (latest)
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.
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