Re: Group results according the indicators appended by -F/--classify (ls --sort=class)

[Pádraig Brady]

On 04/27/2012 03:51 AM, aristidesfl wrote:
>> From the man entry:
> ```
> -F, --classify
>               append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
> ```
> 
> Would be useful for readability purposes to be able group entries according 
> the indicators appended by -F/--classify.
> A WORD called class could be added to "--sort" for this purpose.
> 
> In addition to that, it would be useful to have an option which forced the 
> extra entries printed by -a/-A, to be displayed after the rest of the normal 
> entries, independently of sorting options.

For my own reference there are 2 other duplicate threads to ignore on this.

Hmm, this is one of those marginal items.
I'm not convinced by the readability improvements,
especially when colors are used.

I'd be marginally against adding this.

cheers,
Pádraig.