Why don't you like the prompt invite "%"? I thought it was used often
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] How may I redirect the ls -l command > Song wrote: > > >I think you do: > >% ls- l > list.txt > > > It didn't like the % > > >or > >% ls -l | grep list.txt > > > again it didn't like the % > > but, > > ls -l | grep list.txt works, > but in effect searches for a file named list.txt in the list, > very useful but I wanted to pump the list of files in a directory > to a text file, which, > > ls- l > list.txt does quite nicely, and it calls the text file list.txt. > > Hope I did it all correctly. > > John > > > >Good luck. > > > > > > > > -- > John Richard Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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