GNU bug report logs - #25130
doc: ls: say something about competing ls options

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 08:31:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: say something about competing ls options
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:34:50 +0800

At the bottom of
(info "(coreutils) Sorting the output")
mention something like:

===Competing options===
Sometimes one gives "competing options" to ls,
e.g., ls -lXS

Well it turns out in the case of ls -lXS or ls -lSX, one will always
get...

There is no way to sort first via X and then via S within...,
or first via S and then via X within...



Please do mention something, else one gets wild dreams.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 28 Oct 2018 07:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Changed bug title to 'doc: ls: say something about competing ls options' from 'say something about competing ls options' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 28 Oct 2018 07:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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