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ls.m: Improve wording in docstring (bug #62282).
| author | Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> |
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| date | Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:52:31 +0200 |
| parents | 5044c6918fdf |
| children | 9d7ec294af2b 6397b6d7c42e |
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| 35 ## The @code{ls} function forwards to the @code{ls} command if it is available. | 35 ## The @code{ls} function forwards to the @code{ls} command if it is available. |
| 36 ## It falls back to calling the native operating system's directory listing | 36 ## It falls back to calling the native operating system's directory listing |
| 37 ## command. Available @var{options} may vary from system to system. | 37 ## command. Available @var{options} may vary from system to system. |
| 38 ## | 38 ## |
| 39 ## Filenames are subject to shell expansion if they contain any wildcard | 39 ## Filenames are subject to shell expansion if they contain any wildcard |
| 40 ## characters @samp{*}, @samp{?}, @samp{[]}. To find a literal example of a | 40 ## characters @samp{*}, @samp{?}, @samp{[]}. If these wildcard characters are |
| 41 ## wildcard character the wildcard must be escaped using the backslash operator | 41 ## escaped with a backslash @samp{\} (e.g., @samp{\*}), they aren't treated as |
| 42 ## @samp{\}. | 42 ## wildcards but as the corresponding literal character. |
| 43 ## | 43 ## |
| 44 ## If the optional output @var{list} is requested then @code{ls} returns a | 44 ## If the optional output @var{list} is requested then @code{ls} returns a |
| 45 ## character array with one row for each file/directory name. | 45 ## character array with one row for each file/directory name. |
| 46 ## | 46 ## |
| 47 ## Example usage on a UNIX-like system: | 47 ## Example usage on a UNIX-like system: |