No, there is no wrapping going on here. ls is saying there is a directory called .magicJack, and inside there is a file called ISA Softphone
By default, when you pass a directory to ls, it lists everything inside the directory. Passing a -d flag to ls stops this behavior. ls -d .* will show you the directory without it's contents. Jim The short answer is to add a -d to the ls command. The longer answer is that by default ls lists all the On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:52:15PM +0000, .dan. wrote: > > I want to remove all magicjack software from the hd. I found two places > where a directory and included files were and removed them. > > When doing in my home directory: > > ls .* > > Note that is ls period plus star, to find hidden directories I get this two > line response: > > .magicJack: > ISA Softphone > > Note the response is on two lines. This suggests in an attempt to keep > people out they used a long name which is getting wrapped in the ls > response. The magicJack part is on one line and the rest on the next. The > second line names are seperated by several spaces. > > Has anyone an idea how to get into that directory and/or remove its > contents? > > > XB > IC|XC > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
