Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:05:52 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: DiaDems@Datasync.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ls shows several spaces between directories Message-ID: <20021013080552.GI364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <200210130633.g9D6X3m28254@mx.datasync.com> References: <200210130633.g9D6X3m28254@mx.datasync.com>
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# DiaDems@Datasync.com / 2002-10-13 01:33:03 -0500:
> Not sure if this is a problem or not. Anytime I do 'ls' I see
> sometimes two or more spaces between directories.
like this?
roman@freepuppy ~ 1004:0 > /bin/ls /
COPYRIGHT dist kernel.GENERIC opt tmp
bin etc kernel.old proc usr
boot floppy mnt root var
cdrom home modules sbin web
compat ishtar modules.old stand winnt
dev kernel n sys
it's just a formatted output. or would you prefer it this way?
roman@freepuppy ~ 1004:0 > /bin/ls /
COPYRIGHT dist kernel.GENERIC opt tmp bin etc kernel.old proc usr
boot floppy mnt root var cdrom home modules sbin web compat ishtar
modules.old stand winnt dev kernel n sys
> When I do 'cd ' my 'pwd' becomes '/root'. In other words it seems
> these spaces are the root folder. Is it normal to see this in every
> directory?
wrong. cd without arguments takes you to your home. type
man `basename $SHELL` to learn more about the way it operates.
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