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Date:      Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:38:58 -0500
From:      Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net>
To:        ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com>
Cc:        smorton@acm.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: command ls question
Message-ID:  <3C471A42.2020707@verizon.net>
References:  <20020117175201.42129.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>

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ann kok wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> My english is not good
> so it makes you confusion
> 
>>From the book, it shows rm temp?
> it can remove tempa tempb temp1


Correct.


> ? stands for one char


Correct.

> 
> If I have files a, bc , ef, but ls ? doesn't work!


What do you mean by "doesn't work"?  Please include in your email
the output of the "ls ?" command and why you think it is not correct.
You are not giving us enough information.

Simon


> 
> 
> --- Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>>ann kok wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dear all
>>>
>>>I would like to know how about command ls
>>>
>>>display a char #ls ? doesn't work
>>>
>>
>>Works for me...
>>
>>holly:~> ls ?
>>ls: No match.
>>holly:~> echo "foo" > f
>>holly:~> ls ?
>>f
>>holly:~>
>>
>>
>>>remove the files temp1 temp2 temp3
>>>
>>>#rm temp [1-5 7-9] doesn't work
>>>
>>
>>It works if you remove the spaces.
>>
>>holly:~> echo "foo" > temp1
>>holly:~> echo "foo" > temp2
>>holly:~> echo "foo" > temp3
>>holly:~> rm temp[1-57-9]
>>holly:~> ls temp*
>>ls: No match.
>>holly:~>
>>
>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>ls doesn't accurate to display disk space
>>>because some files are link by command ln
>>>it counts double
>>>
>> >
>>
>>>is it right?
>>>
>>
>>True.  Use du or df to find out about disk space.
>>
>>-- 
>>http://www.SimonMorton.com
>>smorton at acm dot org
>>\rm -rf /bin/laden
>>
>>
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