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Date:      Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:45:40 -0000
From:      "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To:        <smorton@acm.org>, "ann kok" <annkok2001@yahoo.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: command ls question
Message-ID:  <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIECPHBAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C471A42.2020707@verizon.net>

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Ann:

'ls ?' will fail if there are no files of only one character in length in
the directory. If there is at least one, it/they will be listed.

 - Barry

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Simon Morton
> Sent: 17 January 2002 18:39
> To: ann kok
> Cc: smorton@acm.org; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: command ls question
>
>
> 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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