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		tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Oct 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are weird and/or novel ways to do web... Your ls command may create columns. To list one item per line and count the lines: `ls -1 \| wc -l`

helb on Oct 4, 2019 [–]

ls usually switches to one column automatically when it's output is piped: https://i.vgy.me/cNfMzV.png

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