From c602ea21d7e2bcf9d82636ca983cf31fb5e86c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:30:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make a bit more clear the types of characters that -B option will print in octal. Reviewed by: roam, silence on -doc --- bin/ls/ls.1 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1 index 58426c1d52a..4aee3058d81 100644 --- a/bin/ls/ls.1 +++ b/bin/ls/ls.1 @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ and .Ql .. . Always set for the super-user. .It Fl B -Force printing of non-graphic characters in file names as \\xxx, +Force printing of non-printable characters (as defined by +.Xr ctype 3 +and current locale settings) in file names as \\xxx, where xxx is the numeric value of the character in octal. .It Fl C Force multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a terminal.