I made an ls alternative for my personal use

Re:I made an ls alternative for my personal use by volemo on Monday November 25, 2024 @06:37AM (#42235383)

Isn’t “don’t parse ls” like the third commandment of Unix?

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Re:I made an ls alternative for my personal use by burntsushi on Monday November 25, 2024 @10:59AM (#42237319)

You've never done `ls | wc -l`?

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Re:I made an ls alternative for my personal use by BenjiWiebe on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:50PM (#42242696)

I've always assumed that ls doesn't change it's output when piped; I've always done ls -1|wc -l. I guess I can save on a few keystrokes now.

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