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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-06-16 11:05:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-06-16 11:05:30 +0000 |
| commit | f1bc30be6fc7743d18203affe6004a46f1a901dc (patch) | |
| tree | e86406d490710faa088554814cb69f5f88d9be0e /doc | |
| parent | 6560a8c7845cb58de3270dc12ff6a170cd87330c (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f1bc30be6fc7743d18203affe6004a46f1a901dc.tar.xz | |
(ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/omni-utils.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/omni-utils.texi b/doc/omni-utils.texi index ce8c08aa4..ec95f354d 100644 --- a/doc/omni-utils.texi +++ b/doc/omni-utils.texi @@ -4540,7 +4540,13 @@ arguments, by default @code{ls} lists just the file name. If no non-option argument is specified, @code{ls} operates on the current directory, acting as if it had been invoked with a single argument of @samp{.}. -By default, the output is sorted alphabetically. If standard output is +@vindex LC_COLLATE +By default, the output is sorted alphabetically, according to the locale +settings in effect. @footnote{If you have arranged to use a non-@sc{posix} +locale (e.g., by setting @env{LC_ALL} to @samp{en_US}), then @code{ls} may +produce output that is sorted differently than you're accustomed to. +In that case, set the @env{LC_COLLATE} environment variable to @samp{C}.} +If standard output is a terminal, the output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control characters are output as question marks; otherwise, the output is listed one per line and control characters are output as-is. |