Eric Blake wrote:
> > when i type expr 2 * 3 it is giving syntax error.
>
> This is turning into a FAQ; although the FAQ page at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html doesn't
> mention expr by name, it does mention problems with * as a shell
> metacharacter, which needs to
I think there is a bug in "sort" utility from the latest utility set
coreutils-5.2.1 .
When I sort a file by the second character in first field I have to refer to
the second character as to character number "1" (command "sort 0.1
filename").
But when I want to sort a file by the second cha
Oskar Liljeblad wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> [..]
> > GNU mv will conform strictly to standard behavior if POSIXLY_CORRECT
> > is set.
> >
> > touch a
> > mv a -- b
> > touch a
> > POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 mv a -- b
> > mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
> > Tr
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Ivanova Crawford wrote:
>From /etc/fstab
>
>/dev/emcpowerb7 /u07ocfs _netdev
>
>drwxrwxr-x1 500 oinstall 131072 Aug 10 16:41 u07
>
>When I'm trying to issue the following command it doesn't let me:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# chown ro
>From /etc/fstab
/dev/emcpowerb7 /u07ocfs _netdev
drwxrwxr-x1 500 oinstall 131072 Aug 10 16:41 u07
When I'm trying to issue the following command it doesn't let me:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# chown root:oinstall /u07
chown: changing ownership of `/u07'
"Oskar Liljeblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A small typo in the manual page. The --reply option to mv requires
> an argument.
Thanks. I've fixed that for both mv and cp.
2005-08-12 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square
