ls: add an option to disable printing the "total" line
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Description
It may be mandated by posix, but having a specific --long-option-to-disable-total-line would certainly please a lot of people, seeing questions about that subject often pop up on SE, SO, SU, and other such sites...
When I want to know sizes, I use du, the "total line" may not show exactly the same info as du, but it's more often than not a distraction and lost visual space, for me.
WDYT ?
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Research direction
Start with the Rust implementation and option handling for the ls command, then reproduce the current total-line output and review how related options are tested. Done means a clearly named option suppresses that line without changing other ls output, with coverage for the new behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100