On 05/19/2010 01:48 AM, Jan de Groot wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 01:41 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >> So the bottom line is don't alias 'ls'. And, I guess, the next >> question would >> be, how or where can I safely customize the behavior of ls without >> screwing >> myself again. > > Solution is simple: don't use ls for the for loops you're doing. I just > tested it on my system, the colored files and directories give "No such > file or directory", which makes sense, as the variable contains ascii > chars for color information. > > I would suggest using globbing, why would you use for i in $(ls); while > you can use for i in *; > > Jan, Point well taken. I don't know how I fell into that trap. Globbing is the way to go. I guess it was just more logical to do for i in (the list); and when thinking about "What gives me 'the list'", the ls trap found another victim :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
