Feature request (ls): format file mode (permission) in base 8
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Description
I noticed that shx ls -l prints the file permission in base 10 (decimal). This is difficult to understand since this is represented more naturally in base 8 (octal). The ShellJS API (shell.ls('-l')) actually returns a structured object, however it includes a toString() implementation on the object as well:
https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs/blob/ad911973cdbe1a6f5f3192d215c78ce3a9060492/src/ls.js#L136-L139
Most folks relying on shell.ls('-l') are probably using the structured object rather than its stringified version. The stringified version is mostly relevant for https://github.com/shelljs/shx and https://github.com/nfischer/n_shell.
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Research direction
Start in src/ls.js at the toString() implementation linked in the issue, and compare its output with shx ls -l. Update the stringified file-mode formatting to use base 8 while preserving the structured shell.ls('-l') object, then verify the resulting command output.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs, shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100