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bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file outpu
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file output lines |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:44:20 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Jason Vas Dias wrote:
> > $ ls -dl /. | od -cx
> > ...
> > 0000040 r 2 0 1 5 : 2 8 / . \n
> > 2072 3032 3120 3a35 3832 2f20 0a2e
> > 0000056
> >
> > Please could the ls developer let me know if it 100% POSIXLY correct
> > that ls appends 0x20 to the filename '/.' here ?
>
> I don't see any space appended there. The last four bytes of
> output are 0x20, 0x2f, 0x2e, 0x0a (space, /, ., newline).
> Perhaps you're misunderstanding the little-endian nature of
> od -x output?
Perhaps this FAQ reference might be helpful.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The-_0027od-_002dx_0027-command-prints-bytes-in-the-wrong-order_002e
Bob