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

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 49994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49994: upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"
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.
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