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Linus Torvalds did not author the ls command #41

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The opening page Behat/Using Behat proposes a scenario that Linus Torvalds requests help building ls. I understand this is a thought experiment and a made-up scenario, but perhaps a note in the script indicating the factual origins of ls would serve as a further educational opportunity and show respect for the effort of the GNU authors.

The man page of ls from GNU coreutils lists the Author: Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie. The BSD-variants use a different ls, presumably with different authors. The command originated in Multics.

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