From 774376d73110e02988a20cdceb9f22beabcb159e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 08:07:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls does when given no arguments. --- doc/omni-utils.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/omni-utils.texi b/doc/omni-utils.texi index 5beb124..ce8c08a 100644 --- a/doc/omni-utils.texi +++ b/doc/omni-utils.texi @@ -4537,8 +4537,8 @@ For non-option command-line arguments that are directories, by default @code{ls} lists the contents of directories, not recursively, and omitting files with names beginning with @samp{.}. For other non-option arguments, by default @code{ls} lists just the file name. If no -non-option arguments are specified, @code{ls} lists the contents of the -current directory. +non-option argument is specified, @code{ls} operates on the current +directory, acting as if it had been invoked with a single argument of @samp{.}. By default, the output is sorted alphabetically. If standard output is a terminal, the output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control -- 2.7.4