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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 657ed5b6e..3488e08ac 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11921,6 +11921,19 @@ $ mysql -e 'select * from home' test @print{} +------+------+------+------+---------------------+ @end example +But beware of assumptions. +The above invocation of @command{ls} assumes that the owner +and group names are no longer than eight bytes each, +and that no file has size larger than 99999999 bytes. +Otherwise, the byte offset of @samp{57} would need to be larger. +To avoid such problems, suppress output of the owner and group +names with the @option{-g} and @option{-G} options respectively, +and add the @option{-h} option to ensure that the representation +of the size of the file does not exceed the allotted space. +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'}. + @node The sort command @unnumberedsec The @command{sort} Command |