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From: "Jose I. Cabrera" <jicman AT cinops DOT xerox DOT com>
To: <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: ls and long file names
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:02:21 -0500
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When there is a file with a long name in a directory, the ls output defaults to one item per line.  i.e.

<13:57:44> <6>ls
10jobs.sh
1liner
3_5_5.xfc
Add2files
Addfile.txt
CPBU_East_and_West_Phone_List_Updated_January_7.doc
CPBUphonelist.txt
CPBUphonelist2.txt
Comm.pl
Comm.pl.discuss
Comm_pl-1_8_tar
Commdoc.txt
FIXEWOD.PL
Gazette
Ivelearned.txt
MONITO~1.PL
Macros
N3217507.xfc
N3217508.xfc
N3217508.zip
N3218063.xfc
emailbirthdays.pl
epod
epodsave.txt
ewod
firmware
fixtopten
fixtten
full.exe
gazette.txt
gazettes
gdbx_exe.gz
getallprov.pl
getallpsalm.pl
getfromodouls.p
quote
readers
remote_tar
rename.p
save
sch_gaz
sch_gaz.odouls
sendgaz
sendgaz9.pl
sendgazette
sendjob
sendmail
sendmail.exe
sendnote
sendquest
sendreq
setp
socket.pl
socketget.p
swod
telopt.p
topten
trayswitch.prn
typeg
usr
webget.p
<13:58:10> <7>

while if the files are small, you get:

<13:42:19> <11>ls
erotlk1298.xls          w98-hp5si.prn           w981.01.16-990223b.prn
w98-1-01-16.prn         w98-hp5sib.prn          w981.01.16-990223c.prn
w98-1-01-16b.prn        w98-hp5sic.prn
w98-1-01-16c.prn        w981.01.16-990223.prn
<13:44:50> <12>

Does anyone have any kind of idea on how to fix this?  I tried all kinds of switches and got no different result.

anyone?

thanks,

jose


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