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listing files on a single line

I just ran across a great new flag for the ls command: -m. When you include the -m command (ls -m) instead of the usual one-file-per-line output, you get all of the files on a single line separated by commas.
Rating: 100% positive, 1 Vote
Categories: linux Unix command line
Added: on Feb 19, 2009 at 8:03 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: line command unix linux file

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