Re: ls dir -t dir

[Paul Jarc]

Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> but if
> $ ls dir1 -t dir1
> does not produce the same as
> $ ls dir1; ls -t dir1
> and instead just produces the same as
> $ ls -t dir1 dir1
> then it seems broken, and the simple fix would not to allow options
> after args...

But if
$ ls dir1 -t dir1
does not produce the same output as
$ ls -t dir1 dir1
and instead just produces the same output as
$ ls dir1; ls -t dir1
then it seems broken, and the simple fix would not to allow options
after args.

Both interpretations are useful.  Your preferred interpretation is
more expressive, and it would probably be the better choice in a
vacuum, but changing it now might break existing code that uses ls and
expects the existing behavior.


paul