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Re: is this an ls bug?
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Matt Schalit |
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Re: is this an ls bug? |
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Mon, 28 May 2001 22:02:26 -0700 |
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>
> I'm not sure if this is raelly a bug, so apologies if this is mistaken.
Not a bug, just a frequently asked question :)
> ls -d only outputs ./ rather than a list of directories in ./
>
> Is this the 'correct' behaviour?
Yes it is.
Sometimes you want to list what's *in* a directory.
Sometimes you just want to list the directory itself,
so that you can see the owner and permissions on the
directory.
Try this:
ls -l /usr/local
ls -ld /usr/local
and you'll see what I mean.
> Thanks for any help
Thanks for you kind wording of your question.
FYI, you can search http://groups.google.com/
for previous postings of many future questions
you'll have. I do it all the time.
(Your question came up a few days ago here)
Cheers,
Matthew
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