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Plain ls (from coreutils git master local build) sometimes emit leading spaces at output lines

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From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> shlomifish.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 26727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26727: Plain ls (from coreutils git master local build) sometimes emit leading spaces at output lines
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 12:30:22 +0300

On Mon, 1 May 2017 09:12:40 -0700
Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> wrote:

> tag 26727 notabug
> close 26727
> stop
> 
> On 01/05/17 02:17, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > On Mageia x86-64 6 and fedora 26 x86-64, I am getting this with an ls
> > inovcation with ls from coreutils git master commit
> > d91e912343ab04b37d011b5c8a7c0723edc35e3d :
> > 
> > shlomif <at> telaviv1:~$ /home/shlomif/apps/to-del-coreutils/bin/ls
> >  apps   Backup   conf      Docs       Mail    node_modules   tmp
> >  Arcs   bin      Desktop   Download   Music   progs         'VirtualBox VMs'
> > shlomif <at> telaviv1:~$ ls # mageia v6's
> > apps  Backup  conf     Docs      Mail   node_modules  tmp
> > Arcs  bin     Desktop  Download  Music  progs         'VirtualBox VMs'
> > shlomif <at> telaviv1:~$
> > 
> > 
> > As you can see, in the git master output there are leading spaces in the
> > output lines. Can and should this be fixed?  
> 
> That was done to better align items when 'quotes' are added on some items.
> It's a trade off and your example is pretty much worst case.
> If you prefer you can get original output by adding -N to your ls alias.
> 

Thanks for the insight!

> thanks,
> Pádraig



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