From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane@chazelas.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:52:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: ls: detail output format for device files
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doc: ls: detail output format for device files

* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): State that device numbers
are output, instead of file size.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 8a21048317..8f7f43ea07 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7968,6 +7968,10 @@ that it is a number rather than a textual name.
 Print question marks for other information that
 cannot be determined.
 
+For block special files and character special files, the size field is
+replaced by the corresponding device major and minor numbers as two decimal
+numbers separated by a comma and at least one space.
+
 Normally the size is printed as a byte count without punctuation, but
 this can be overridden (@pxref{Block size}).
 For example, @option{--human-readable} (@option{-h})