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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-11-21 16:20:03 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-11-21 16:25:42 +0000
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doc: mention how to avoid newlines impacting ls -1
* src/ls.c (usage): Mention the -b and -q options in the -1 description. * doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Likewise.
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@@ -7547,7 +7547,8 @@ These options affect the appearance of the overall output.
@opindex --format
@opindex single-column @r{output of files}
List one file per line. This is the default for @command{ls} when standard
-output is not a terminal.
+output is not a terminal. See also the @option{-b} and @option{-q} options
+to suppress direct output of newline characters within a file name.
@item -C
@itemx --format=vertical