Re: coreutils-0.52: Question about new ls -l output format

[Paul Eggert]

Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <address@hidden> writes:

> I agree, but what about making it use, if available, use the old format and
> if the numbers get big, expand it?

Unfortunately the old format was too wide in many cases, even if the
numbers were not "too big".  E.g., internationalized dates, or long
file names.

> How dificult would be implementing that option [for arbitrary formats]?

Not trivial, I'm afraid.  That part of ls is a bit hairy, and people
will want lots of options.