Re: `ls -1s` doesn't print "total"

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 14:37:11 -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:

> The fix is trivial (see attached), but I wanted to
> check whether perhaps this was done by intent and
> there's a reason why we're not printing the total when
> using `-1`?

If I had to guess (I'm too lazy to look and it's more fun that way),
I'd say -1 is the option for "the output is meant to read
programmatically" and it's antonym is -C for "the output for human
consumption".  If ls outputs to a pipe it infers -1 automatically
unless -C is specified (cf. "command ls | more").  The total is "for
human consumption" (phrased as "the output is to a terminal"), so when
you specify -1 you turn that off.

-uwe