Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:10:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Message-ID: <200005310410.VAA85102@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/18900; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:27:03 -0400 On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:05:54AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > So, other than on "purist" grounds, are there any other > > objections? > > Yes, but I can't think of any at the moment !!! <grumble!> Well, the problem really calls for a more general solution. I'd like to be able to tell ls to list larger files using different shades of a colour that correspond to the size. I'd like it to simply not list some types of files. I'd like it to support all the primitives that find(1) supports. And I'd like it to do this with an interface intuitive enough that I need only a cursory glance at the manpage to remember it. Terry, I believe, is fond of saying: better is the enemy of best. There is no best. There is no pure. This is a dark and troubled world in which we live. Gentlement, let our `ls` be the light to the world. > Bah ! Bah! indeed! -- Signature withheld by request of author. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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