Hi Benjamin,
Try the following command:
type ls
The type command will tell you what bash actually run when you type ls.
Fabien Deschodt
> When I type "ls" in the console (NOT in xterm), I get the following
> data:
>
> [home/sher]$ls
> bash: 34mDesktop: command not found
> bash: command not found
> bash: lynx_bookmarks.html: command not found
> bash: command not found
> bash: 34mwp80 command not found
> bash: command not found
>
> etc. etc.
>
> Every file or directory in my home/sher directory is listed. Some have a
> number plus "m" prefixed to them (usually 34m or 31m) and others just
> list the file name.
>
> When I type /bin/ls the problem disappears and all my files and
> directories in my home directory are correctly listed.
>
> When I type any command, such as "lynx", or "minicom", or whatever, the
> command launches the respective application correctly.
>
> My thanks to Jonathan Dugan for his advice.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why "ls" causes this kind of behavior while
> /bin/ls does not? And how to correct it?
>
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Benjamin
>
>
>
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
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> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net
>
