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RE: ls and long file names



Hi Jose,

it's not clear to me what you want!
You can force single column style with ls -1
and multi column with ls -x
according to the HP-UX man page.

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jose I. Cabrera [SMTP:jicman@cinops.xerox.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 25, 1999 20:02
> To:	gnu-win32@cygnus.com
> Subject:	ls and long file names
> 
> When there is a file with a long name in a directory, the ls output
> defaults to one item per line.  i.e.
> 
> <13:57:44> <6>ls
> 10jobs.sh
> 1liner
> 3_5_5.xfc
> Add2files
> Addfile.txt
> CPBU_East_and_West_Phone_List_Updated_January_7.doc
> [Heribert]  [snip]
> 
> while if the files are small, you get:
> 
> <13:42:19> <11>ls
> erotlk1298.xls          w98-hp5si.prn           w981.01.16-990223b.prn
> [Heribert]  [snip]
> 
> Does anyone have any kind of idea on how to fix this?  I tried all
> kinds of switches and got no different result.
> 

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