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One need only consider that Orthodox File Managers have been in existence for decades to realize that yes indeed people do like to work with more than plain lis
by JdeBP 7y ago
One need only consider that Orthodox File Managers have been in existence for decades to realize that yes indeed people do like to work with more than plain lists of filenames.
Playing the "doing one thing" card when it comes to ls is rather risky, as ls, with its options for doing things like sorting its output, is one of the favourite examples that people point to of tools that do not adhere to this philosophy in practice.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4023265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4023265
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9673975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9673975
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8484718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8484718
... and so on.