Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:36:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what are the asterisks for Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410163426.1254B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804110027.TAA10520@epcot.spdc.ti.com>
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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Paul T. Root wrote: > I noticed these asterisks and was wondering what they mean. > > ls > > 00_index.txt* ckdist.man* fips.exe* osbs135.exe* restorrb.exe* > README* dist/ fips15c.tar.gz* osbsbeta.exe* setup.exe* > boot.bin* extipl.exe* gunzip.exe* pfdisk.exe* setup.hlp* > bootinst.exe* fbsdboot.exe* gzip.exe* presizer/ srcs/ > ckdist.exe* fdimage.exe* ide_conf.exe* rawrite.exe* It looks like you have a certain ls option (-F) set as an alias in your shell. The slash is a directory. The asterisk is executable. See 'man ls'. Have fun, | Stop warning me about the latest virus. Learn more... Jason Wells | http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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