LC

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lc uses the environment variables LC , CDPATH and COLS to allow you to set up a default set of display options that lc should use each time is it run. Options on the command line override options specified in the environment if there is a conflict. LC is used to set lc specific options. All command line options shown in the option list below can be used in setting default options within the environment variable LC. CDPATH is searched for a file not found at the requested location or in the current directory. This is an extremely handy feature of lc. COLS is used to switch the column width between 80 and 132 column display.

lc has incorporated the minimal the spell checking routines found in the book, The UNIX Programming Environment, by Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike.

If the command line argument list contains more than one name, the contents of the directories named in the list are displayed and all other names are displayed one per line with the type of the file displayed on the same line. If the -D option is supplied in the environment or on the command line all non-directory files are ignored. If no file or directory is specified the current working directory is listed by default. The special entries ``.'' and ``..'' are not listed.

Not all options are supported on every system. (e.g. no symbolic links on your system ? Options -s, -I -L or -l won't be available...) On systems which support symbolic links, the symbolic links are normally followed, and each prints under the category of the type of file to which it is linked. If the symbolic link points to a nonexistent path name, or if you do not have permission to resolve the path name, lc prints out an error message indicating it cannot resolve the link. This type of message can be suppressed through the use of the 'I' option described below.  

OPTIONS

-a

List dot files as well. Normally lc does not display files beginning with a '.' unless this option is specified. The system '.' and '.. files are never displayed since they give you no real additional information and would just clutter up the display.

-b

List block special files only.

-c

List character special files only.

-d

List directories only.

-D

Do not display singular files. If you do not use this option and execute "lc /unix", your output will be "/unix: file". This is useful in shell scripts but is sometimes annoying if you execute a command such as "lc /usr/lib/*" and all you wish to see is the first level of directories and not a lot of "filename: file" messages.

-e

Mark executable files with '*'. This options allows you to have executables displayed with a '*' appended to the end of the file name.

-f

List regular files only.

-F

List fifo files only.

-I

Do not report unresolved symbolic link messages. Normally lc prints out a message stating that it cannot resolve the symbolic link. Use of this option suppresses the display of those messages.

-l

Mark symbolic links with '@'. This options allows you to have symbolic links displayed with a '@' appended to the end of the file name.

-L

Display symbolic links. This options allows you to have lc output a display showing what files the symbolic links refer to.

-m

List shared memory name space entry files only.

-M

List semaphore name space entry files only.

-r

List the directory entries as they appear in the directory file. No sorting of output prior to displaying.

-s

List symbolic links only.

-S

List AF_UNIX socket files only.

-1

List files one per line instead of in columns.

DIAGNOSTICS

The spell checking does not work when the CDPATH is searched for a file or directory not found in the current directory.

lc does not support recursion but I have never found this to be that necessary to put in.

works just fine when recursion is needed.

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