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doc: mention find/stat in ls documentation

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 33577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#33577: ls lacks null terminator option
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 12:55:30 -0700

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> For files with blanks in their names,
> one shouldn't need this workaround:
> $ ls -t | tr \\n \\0 | xargs -0 more > /tmp/z.txt
> Please add a --print0 option. like find(1) has.

I think that adding a --print0 option to 'ls' is not wise because it
would suggest to people seeing it that 'ls' should be used in scripts.
But 'ls' is a command designed for human interaction not for use in
scripts.  Using 'find' for scripted use is the desired utility.

Such a patch has previously been submitted.

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2014-02/msg00005.html

Bob

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