From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 08:07:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls does when given no arguments.
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(ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls does when given no arguments.
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diff --git a/doc/omni-utils.texi b/doc/omni-utils.texi
index 5beb124b95..ce8c08aa4b 100644
--- a/doc/omni-utils.texi
+++ b/doc/omni-utils.texi
@@ -4537,8 +4537,8 @@ For non-option command-line arguments that are directories, by default
 @code{ls} lists the contents of directories, not recursively, and
 omitting files with names beginning with @samp{.}.  For other non-option
 arguments, by default @code{ls} lists just the file name.  If no
-non-option arguments are specified, @code{ls} lists the contents of the
-current directory.
+non-option argument is specified, @code{ls} operates on the current
+directory, acting as if it had been invoked with a single argument of @samp{.}.
 
 By default, the output is sorted alphabetically.  If standard output is
 a terminal, the output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control