(Tue, 22 Feb 17:34) Nick Holland:
> Well... keep in mind, if this were "fixed", it would break a lot of
> existing scripts. I see a lot of pain here.
>
> HOWEVER, if OpenBSD is out in left field here, compared to say, Solaris 9,
> other BSDs ... maybe it should be fixed (you will note a suspicious absence
> in my list. I really don't care what an OS that sorts AaBbCc rather than
> ABCabc does, that ain't unix).
>
> As for the "why"...
> There is a certain logic to the current list. "w" and "uptime" are often
> run by humans and having a more "human friendly" display isn't bad since a
> lot of peole don't do 24 hour clocks well. The others are often run as
> part of scripts. As someone who does a lot of scripting, inconsistency
> between apps is not a problem for me. Changing the output format is a
> really big problem.
OK, thanks, didn't think about scripts.
I just saw the inconsistency beetween apps ;)
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