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

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for replying.
I have the same feeling: hard to justify the addition.