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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-01-24 14:49:47 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-01-24 14:49:47 +0000
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@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
@end ifinfo
@copying
-This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of the @sc{gnu} command
-line utilities.
+This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of the @sc{gnu} core
+utilities, including the standard programs for text and file manipulation.
Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -11934,6 +11934,12 @@ Finally, note that the width of even the date/time field may change,
depending on the current locale. To avoid that, use an option
like @option{--time-style='+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'}.
+And there's still another problem: if a file has more
+than 999 hard links to it, then that will change the alignment.
+The morale is that it is hard to use fixed byte offsets into
+a line of @command{ls} output. Use a different tool, like
+find, but with @option{-printf} and carefully chosen format strings.
+
@node The sort command
@unnumberedsec The @command{sort} Command