GNU bug report logs - #25553
How many coreutils rely on tabs to align things (other, than 'du'?

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25553: How many coreutils rely on tabs to align things
 (other, than 'du'?
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:05:24 -0800

L A Walsh wrote:
>> 'ls -C'.
> ---
>     Doesn't work.

It works for me. If it doesn't work for you, perhaps you need to investigate 
why. This alone might solve whatever problem you're having with 'ls'.

As for the rest of the proposal, it sounds too complicated for what would be 
only a minor improvement.

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