On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 02:46:07PM -0500, Jim Hertzler wrote: > Package: bash > Version: 2.05b.0(1)-release > > Output of "sh --version">/tmp/tmp: > GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Output of "cp -bvpi tmp jay_060202m.to 2>/tmp/tmp": > cp: invalid option -- ? > Try `cp --help' for more information. > > Last few line of "history>tmp": > 774 ls -rlt ~/Sh |grep txt > 775 pdftotext Qte1286719.pdf > 776 ls -rlt > 777 vi Qte1286719.txt > 778 ls -rlt > 779 cp -bvpi tmp icc_joanne_060206m.txt > 780 ls -rlt > 781 cp -bvpi?tmp jay_060206m.to > 782 cp -bvpi?tmp jay_060206m.to > 783 cp -bvpi?tmp jay_060206m.to > 784 cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to > 785 history > 786 history>tmp > > I cursered up to repeat the "cp" command and got the same error message. > I retyped the command and it worked fine with no error message. > I cursered up agian to the orginal command and the error message was repeated. > This computer is an old Pentium III. > "xdm" is handling four (4) screens with twm. > Six or seven xterms are running on one screen. Can you reproduce this in a newly spawned bash instance?
Justin
