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I can't imagine why anyone would want to spawn another process instead of just RTFM, if you are on linux: ls --color=never -1
by Ziomislaw 13y ago
I can't imagine why anyone would want to spawn another process instead of just RTFM,
if you are on linux:
ls --color=never -1
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoBecause, in many - if not most - situations, spawning another process is insanely lightweight compared to the cognitive/physical load of your alternative (which includes remembering the switch and its value ("never" is hardly intuitive), remembering whether or not you're using a system that supports it (surprise, surprise, OSX doesn't), and typing all those extra characters). Admittedly, I never actually do this because I don't ever care to not see colour (what would be the motive?), but I can understand why the OP does what they do.
- syncsynchalt 13y agoYou are Randal L. Schwartz and I claim my five pounds. [http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html]