On 03/13/18 05:47, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 03/13/18 05:20, Stephen Morris wrote: >> Thanks Ed, I'll check the doco out, I was just expecting the command to do exactly >> what the help info said, output the information for all files, not just a subset. > It *does* do exactly what the man page says. You just have to understand the > "context" in which it is saying it. > > Let me complete my thought. Even take the "ls" command as an example. > > [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ ls > test test1 test2 > > [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ ls -a > . .. test test1 test2 .test3 .test4 .test5 > > [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ ls * > test test1 test2 > > [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ shopt -s dotglob > > [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ ls * > test test1 test2 .test3 .test4 .test5 > Oh, when it comes to ls, I've been gently reminded about -A [egreshko@meimei test-dir]$ ls -A test test1 test2 .test3 .test4 .test5 -- Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact.
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