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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2015-10-20 14:42:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2015-10-21 01:40:02 +0100 |
| commit | 0e997681d4497fe9ba6db035909e413a5af050a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a6e4bbf904902dbb71124567942198e3142147a /doc | |
| parent | 069961924efb64349914df085d6b0ac76bdaf7ae (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-0e997681d4497fe9ba6db035909e413a5af050a9.tar.xz | |
ls: allow -w0 to mean no limit on line length
* src/ls.c (print_with_separator): Renamed from print_with_commas,
and parameterized to accept the separator to print.
Also fix an edge case where '\n' not printed when
the POS variable overflows SIZE_MAX.
(print_current_files): Degenerate -x and -C to using the
cheaper print_with_separator() in the -w0 case.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document the new feature.
* tests/ls/w-option.sh: A new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/21325
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 0359867f5..1b81daa99 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7445,7 +7445,9 @@ TAB following a non-ASCII byte. You can avoid that issue by using the Assume the screen is @var{cols} columns wide. The default is taken from the terminal settings if possible; otherwise the environment variable @env{COLUMNS} is used if it is set; otherwise the default -is 80. +is 80. With a @var{cols} value of @samp{0}, there is no limit on +the length of the output line, and that single output line will +be delimited with spaces, not tabs. @end table |