-l outputs total always, not just to terminals (netbsd -r 1.50);

-l output is one per line (like -1);
-x also inhibits one per line output;

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 58cd4798e2a..20420f1fef4 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.42 2004/09/16 20:48:35 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.43 2005/01/10 15:36:17 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: ls.1,v 1.14 1995/12/05 02:44:01 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ environment variable.
 (The lowercase letter
 .Dq ell. )
 List in long format (see below).
-If the output is to a terminal, a total sum of all file
+A total sum of all file
 sizes is output on a line before the long listing.
+Output is one entry per line.
 .It Fl m
 Stream output format; list files across the page, separated by commas.
 .It Fl n
@@ -222,9 +223,10 @@ By default,
 .Nm
 lists one entry per line to standard
 output; the exceptions are to terminals or when the
-.Fl C
+.Fl C ,
+.Fl m ,
 or
-.Fl m
+.Fl x
 options are specified.
 .Pp
 File information is displayed with one or more