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Re: Documentation discrepancy for ls -f
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Documentation discrepancy for ls -f |
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Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:11:01 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Niels Möller) writes:
> why the option character 'f' (force) is selected for that.
That 'f' probably stands for 'fast' (from the days when sorting was deemed
expensive).
Andreas.
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