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

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 06:36:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #8 received at 25553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, 25553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25553: How many coreutils rely on tabs to align things
 (other, than 'du'?
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:26:05 -0800

L A Walsh wrote:
> Are there other utils that rely on tabs to align
> output as much as 'du'?

Sure. 'ls', 'fmt', 'cut', 'cat', 'pr',....

> What would be objections to fixing 'du' or others
> that rely on such?

It would depend on the proposed change.
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