Make sure to output the field for checksum even for non-regular files, as empty, in CSV output mode. This ensures each line has the same number of fields, regardless of the file type. --- cat/ls.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/cat/ls.c b/cat/ls.c index de8248e..2cb4e74 100644 --- a/cat/ls.c +++ b/cat/ls.c @@ -524,12 +524,15 @@ show_file (const char *dir, const char *name, path = full_path (dir, name); - if (checksum && is_reg (stat->st_mode)) { - csum = guestfs_checksum (g, checksum, path); - if (!csum) - exit (EXIT_FAILURE); + if (checksum) { + if (is_reg (stat->st_mode)) { + csum = guestfs_checksum (g, checksum, path); + if (!csum) + exit (EXIT_FAILURE); - output_string (csum); + output_string (csum); + } else if (csv) + output_string (""); } output_string (path); -- 1.9.3