LWN: Comments on "The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of"

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

Baylink — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:40:22 +0000

Or, at least, discussed it extensively. :-)

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

rickmoen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:54:35 +0000

"pbr" wrote: If you're gonna play 'Answer Gang' you've gotta get it right.

Well, if he'd submitted it to the Gazette, we editors would have corrected his error. ;-)

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

cdmiller — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:51:50 +0000

Well, if they would put together a more usable RSS feed it would certainly help make their content more accessible.

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

jordanb — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:45:18 +0000

> If you're gonna play 'Answer Gang' you've gotta get it right.

I think that would be a violation of the spirit of 'Answer Gang.'

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

sbergman27 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:38:08 +0000

Oops. I use recursive more than I use reverse, and tend to hit the shift key without thinking
about it.

At any rate, I tend to view LWN as the gold standard, and have long been underwhelmed by
LG.

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

pbr — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:42:13 +0000

Dude...

ls -R is recursive.

ls -r is reversing the order.

If you're gonna play 'Answer Gang' you've gotta get it right.

The December Linux Gazette is out - sort of

sbergman27 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:09:16 +0000

Does anyone really care about LG anymore? I suspect that it has outlived its usefulness and
the wrapup article, with thanks, is probably appropriate.

Q: Hey Answer Gang? How do I list files on my computer?

A: Well. You can use the 'ls' command for that! Just type 'ls' at the command prompt. If you
want more detailed information you can use the "long" option:

ls -l

By default, the files are sorted alphabetically by name. If you want the files sorted by size,
you can use the -S option, like so:

ls -S

To reverse the order of the sort, you can use the -R option:

ls -R

or combine more than one option like this:

ls -lSR

For more information, type 'man ls' at your command prompt.

We sincerely hope that you have enjoyed this week's edition of the Answer Gang!