[Feature Request] POSIX ls usage about kaktree HOT 7 OPEN

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Hi, can you be more specific on which tools are non-posix? It requires Perl, and ls with posix keys.

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@andreyorst -B is not defined by POSIX, and is not present on a lot of popular alternative coreutils such as busybox.

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@AndreiSva I've fixed the typo 😄. Are there any actual errors on BSD or busybox systems?

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-b is still not defined by POSIX and doesn't work on busybox ls or OpenBSD ls, couldn't test on other coreutils. You can see a list of all portable ls options here.

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hmm -b can be worked around, I guess non-graphic characters are rare in files, though this needs more testing.

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Alternatively we could gather the directory list with Perl, but this would require some reimplementation of the build_tree subroutine

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