Subject: Re: bug#49994: upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:31:33 -0700

On 8/20/21 10:40 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
>      I wanted it just to work

So use 'stat -c "%s %n"'. That works just fine. 'stat' is a good tool 
for this job, and there's no need for yet another 'ls' option for this 
rare use case.