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doc: ls: mention -r/--reverse does not work for -U/-f

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 02:21:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Document ls -Ur -fr
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:03:55 +0800

(info "(coreutils) Sorting the output") says

‘-r’
‘--reverse’
     Reverse whatever the sorting method is—e.g., list files in reverse
     alphabetical order, youngest first, smallest first, or whatever.

OK but mention 'whatever' doesn't mean -U, -f, because they are sorted
in "unsorted" order. In fact perhaps trigger an error.

Actually directory order is still an order, so in fact it is odd that -r
is "broken" here.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:06:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Changed bug title to 'doc: ls: mention -r/--reverse does not work for -U/-f' from 'Document ls -Ur -fr' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:06:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 31055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31055: Document ls -Ur -fr
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 12:39:42 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hello,

On 2018-04-03 6:03 p.m., 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> (info "(coreutils) Sorting the output") says
> 
> ‘-r’
> ‘--reverse’
>       Reverse whatever the sorting method is—e.g., list files in reverse
>       alphabetical order, youngest first, smallest first, or whatever.
> 
> OK but mention 'whatever' doesn't mean -U, -f, because they are sorted
> in "unsorted" order. In fact perhaps trigger an error.

Attached a small patch to clarify this point in the manual.

regards,
 -assaf

[0001-doc-ls-mention-reverse-r-has-no-effecrt-with-U-f.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 31055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31055: Document ls -Ur -fr
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 17:29:05 +0100

On 12/30/18 8:39 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: ls: mention --reverse/-r has no effecrt with -U/-f

Thanks, minor nit:

s/effecrt/effect/

Have a nice day,
Berny
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