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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:17:09 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        bradb@erinet.com (Trencher)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help with freebsd.
Message-ID:  <199606110017.RAA05182@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <31BB4C6A.2FDD@erinet.com> from "Trencher" at Jun 9, 96 06:12:58 pm

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> well i have a suggestion. why not make the ls command in freebsd
> have a extra display to show if the file is executable or not.
> 
> like maybe just a 
> (filename)+(for being able to run it) then the rest ... .. ... . .. .
> 
> (fileanme)-(can't be run) then the rest... .. .. .
> 
>  and maybe something for dirs like 
> (dirname)> <-- that would mean it is a dir. the ` < '

How about:

(filename)	normal
(filename)/	directory
(filename)*	executable
(filename)@	symbolic link

phaeton 42% ls -F
COPYRIGHT	dev/		kernel.GENERIC*	proc/		tmp/
a/		etc/		lkm/		root/		upkern*
b/		fs_layer_patch	mnt/		sbin/		usr/
bin/		home@		osmpkern*	smpkern*	var/
curkernel*	kernel*		osys@		sys@
phaeton 43% 

> these would help a newbie greatly like ME!!!!!!

In your .cshrc:

alias	ls	ls -F

8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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