That's already the case, just not the default. "ls -ld a*b file1.*" will use common way of getting files -- the glob expression; and "ls" will only be used to f

That's already the case, just not the default. "ls -ld a*b file1.*" will use common way of getting files -- the glob expression; and "ls" will only be used to format the file list nicely. Except turns out people don't like to type extra characters, so the most common case, "ls -d *" is just "ls". Yes, shells (and command-line interface) have shortcuts to simplify typing. It's a feature, not a bug. I want to be able to type "ls -t" instead of "ls --sort=time", and any shell replacement which does not offer former option is doomed to fail.