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Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder



In <[🔎] 4AD5706D.4070509@smiffytech.com>, Matthew Smith wrote:
>Quoth Håkon Alstadheim at 2009-10-14 16:52...
>> Seems to work here. Standard behaviour for 'ls' is to use
>> single-column-mode when output is not to a tty. Your ls command may be
>> aliased to something, or it might be a different version from mine. Try
>> the manual page. Try with the '-1' option to force single-column-mode.
>
>Can't reproduce it here.  Even in single column mode with -l I still get
>the whole lot.

Your font has betrayed you.  The single-column-mode option is "-1" (dash-one), 
your messages says you tried the option "-l" (dash-ell) which requested a 
detailed (long) listing.
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