Subject: bug#46060: Offer ls --limit=...

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:13:18 -0800

On 1/23/21 1:13 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> And any database command already has
> a --limit option these days, and does not rely on a second program to
> trim its output because it can't control itself. Indeed, on some remote
> connections one would only want to launch one program, not two.

That argument would apply to any program, no? "cat", "diff", "sh", 
"node",....

Not sure why "ls" needs a convenience flag that would complicate the 
documentation and maintenance and be so rarely useful.