Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:10:20 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange Behaviour 'ls' Message-ID: <20011216231020.GA5431@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <9vj6q4$6pr$1@news1.xs4all.nl> References: <9vj6q4$6pr$1@news1.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 11:20:26PM +0100, hjs wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason ls is not behaving anymore as I am used to. > Whenever I run ls without any parameters all output is sent to one line that > is wrapped at the edges of my screen. Whenever I provide parameters > (like -al) I don't get any output whatsoever. I can't even get it to > generate an error message by providing unused parameters. > > Does anyone have an idea on what I might have done to get my system to > behave like this and more important, how can I get ls to behave like the out > of the box bhaviour again? > > I am running FreeBSD 4.2 and a bash shell. > Sounds like the "ls" you are running is not the real "ls". Send output from: type ls That tells you where ls, then get the output from the command file path_to_ls Where path_to_ls is what "type" tells you. and send that as well. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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