How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

Hello all,

When doing a "ls -l" on the x-terminal, the width of the displayed list is too large, even for small filenames. Is there a way to change the width, or the tab length, or to remove some columns?

I'm under the impression the options I need are not on Maemo 5... :(

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

to change permanently just change the font (from the Xterm application menu drop down at the top of the terminal window). For a quick one off, just zoom the terminal window to desired size using the volume rocker switch.

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

You can change the font size to fit more in. But no, none of the options which remove columns seem to work with the busybox version of ls.

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

You could remove some columns with awk I guess.

ls -l | awk '{print $1, $3, $9}'

Would give permissions, owner and file name for example.

Jan

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

Ok, thank you all. I use the volume buttons.

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

We crossposted...

I like your idea. I made an alias with your command.

Thank you very much. :)

Re: How to change the width of "ls -l"?
 

No probs! :D