Re: the "ls" command line

[Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fedora@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK

Thank you, I   got  a good explanation...

But it is something that I yet don't understand:

The command (...) is composed both with

<options (-ld)>
               and with
<argument "/*" or "/*/">

In my acknowledge, both the arguments of these commands ( "/*" or "/*/") refer to the content of a directory, and the -ld option should have to select only the subdirectories.

Instead I get different output with "/*" or "/*/".

What happen really ?

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:25 AM, <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 23Aug2016 18:00, Markus Schönhaber <fedora-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx-mail.de> wrote:

what is the difference between these two commands  ?
ls   /*
      and
ls  /*/

-------------------
these two commands give me different output:

ls -ld /*   =--->list all the files inside the directory (both files and
subdirectories)

ls -ld /*/   =---> give me the list of only the (subdirectory inside the
directory)

The difference is not caused by ls but rather by the way the shell does
the filename expansion.

In case it isn't clear, only directories will have stuff inside them (/a/b...) so /*/ will only match directries.

BTW: If you're using bash, it will by default show you the expanded list
of filenames that match the pattern if you press Ctrl-X * when the
cursor is positioned directly after the pattern.

And in any shell you can investigate this kind of thing like this:

 echo /*
 echo /*/

and see exactly what command is dipatched like this:

 ( set -x ; ls /* )
 ( set -x ; ls /*/ )

Using a subshell here purely so that the "set -x" applies only to the only command.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
users mailing list
users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxraproject.org
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org

--
users mailing list
users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org