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

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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: bug#31055: Document ls -Ur -fr
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 12:39:42 -0700

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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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