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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:36:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
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To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
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Subject: Re: what are the asterisks for
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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'.

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