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[Discuss] Ubuntu alternatives and upgrading distributions



Adding "-Z" to ls(1) didn't come at the cost of removing things like "-l". 

 On the other hand, removing "+1" from tail(1) broke an enormous 
number of cron scripts. 




On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <blu at nedharvey.com> wrote:

>> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
>> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Derek Martin
>> 
>> Do we really need
>> the latest features of the ls command?  I still pretty much use the
>> same ones I leared 20 years ago.  
> 
> ls -Z I think is pretty important.  And ps -Z and id -Z
> 
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