--format flag

[Chris Van Nuys]

The item from the TODO list:

ls:  add --format=FORMAT option that controls how each line is printed:

My question is, would FORMAT be a string or a character like the rest of 
the flags for ls?  For example, would you have something like:  'ls -l 
--format=octal', or something more like 'ls -l --format=o"?

Thanks,
Chris


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Thank you for the offer.
However there are just too many different ways
in which people would like ls -l information to be printed,
so I wouldn't add a new option for that.

If you're interested in solving the problem in a more general
way, please consider this item from the TODO file:

  ls: add --format=FORMAT option that controls how each line is printed.

It would work much the way find's -printf predicate does.
It'd be a pretty big project.  If you're interested, please
Cc this list as you design how it will work.

Jim