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Interesting that they chose to keep the file name on the right-hand side like ls, and unlike every graphical file manager. The name is the key field and so it
by kbutler 9y ago
Interesting that they chose to keep the file name on the right-hand side like ls, and unlike every graphical file manager.
The name is the key field and so it should generally be the left-most column.
- omribahumi 9y agoI guess that's because you can't resize columns interactively on the console, and the other columns are relatively short (and pretty much static length). It makes sense to list the filename last IMHO.
- dmckeon 9y agoThe file name (or entire path) should be where-ever the user expects to find it. Having fixed width columns makes using sort(1) trivial. For the "all the information" part, I've been using something like this: fn () { find "${@:-.}" -printf "%TY %Tm %Td %TH:%TM:%2.2TS %1y %4m %3n %4U:%-3G %8s %p\n"; }