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It would be nice if it implemented the exact same set of command line flags as ls plus whatever else it does. That way I'd be able to use it as a replacement when I type 'ls', much as 'vi' fires up 'vim'.

Typing commands like 'ls -ltra' are already muscle memory to me and that takes effort to change.



oh great, but shouldn't it then also behave exactly like ls does, i.e. deliver the same output whenever a script of yours or somebody else calls ls and expects a certain output?

oh wait, I know what behaves exactly the same way: ls




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