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?
> 
> 
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