James Youngman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am using Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 update 2. When > > I issued a command ls -R it showed all the subdirectories, as > > expected. But when I used a command ls -R *.xml , it didn't > > recursively list all the xml files. Is it a bug? > > No. To find out why, do this in the same directory: > > echo ls -R *.xml > > We should really add this question (and an answer) to the FAQ list. > I'll think up some wording over the new year period.
Please see the coreutils FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/ Look for "Why doesn't rm -r *.pattern recurse like it should?". It could use an improved title to make it more likely to be found by a search. And any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
