Re: ls and root directory indicator (original) (raw)

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From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: ls and root directory indicator
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:09:42 +0000
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On 02/24/2013 05:39 PM, Sami Kerola wrote:

Hello,

When using file type indicator to a root, e.g.,

$ ls -Fd / //

two slashes are printed. To me that feels wrong. Patch below is an attempt to make root print out to be a single slash. Perhaps there is more elegant way to do the same. Or maybe I am mistaking, and double slash is correct, although I could not find earlier posting about that.

I agree it looks a bit awkward, but I think it's more consistent to keep the trailing /. Consider a script that filters on and strips a trailing /

thanks, Pádraig.