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thanks
On 09/14/2011 05:58 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
ls -al works as expected
ls *.xml ... fails?
[dpawson@localhost pawson]$ ls *.xml
ls: invalid option -- ':'
Try `ls --help' for more information.
Not sure if it's a bug or my setup?
The only bug here is in your command line arguments. This is a FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-_0027_002df_0027-and-it-affects-rm_002e
Try:
echo ls *.xml
to see what the glob expanded to; my guess is that you have a file named
"-:.xml" or something similar, which ls is then trying to interpret as
an option.
To avoid the problem, use either:
ls -- *.xml
ls ./*.xml
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