Re: Documentation discrepancy for ls -f

Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:11:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs,gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
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[email protected] (Niels M=F6ller) writes:

> why the option character 'f' (force) is selected for that.

That 'f' probably stands for 'fast' (from the days when sorting was deeme=
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expensive).

Andreas.

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