bear@whuts.UUCP (11/18/87)
If a file in your directory is named "-i" and you try
to do an "rm *", then it will interpret "-i" as an option
to "rm" and start inquiring if you want to remove all the files.
So if I put a "-l" filename in my directory and do an
"ls *", why doesn't it give me an "ls -l" output?
Does the 'argv' get interpreted differently in these two
sources?
BTW....I am on a VAX 11/785 running SYSTEM 5.0.2 SV_R2
or is it 5.2.2 ..... one of those...
Curiously,bear@whuts.UUCP (11/18/87)
Guy Belliveau
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Andover Tech Center
Andover Ma 01810
{ihnp4}!whuts!bearrogerc@ncrcae.UUCP (11/19/87)
In article <3286@whuts.UUCP> bear@whuts.UUCP (BELLIVEAU) writes: > So if I put a "-l" filename in my directory and do an > "ls *", why doesn't it give me an "ls -l" output? > Does the 'argv' get interpreted differently in these two > sources? The "-l" file would have to be the first file in the directory to get the expected results. Try it on a directory with only one file, "-l", to test this. -Roger Collins rogerc@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM
alen@cogen.UUCP (Alen Shapiro) (11/20/87)
In article <3286@whuts.UUCP> bear@whuts.UUCP (BELLIVEAU) writes: > >If a file in your directory is named "-i" and you try >to do an "rm *", then it will interpret "-i" as an option >to "rm" and start inquiring if you want to remove all the files. > >So if I put a "-l" filename in my directory and do an >"ls *", why doesn't it give me an "ls -l" output? >Does the 'argv' get interpreted differently in these two >sources? > >BTW....I am on a VAX 11/785 running SYSTEM 5.0.2 SV_R2 > or is it 5.2.2 ..... one of those... It does on sun OS/3. Are you sure the "-l" file is lexically first in your directory. Try "echo *" and see if the * substitution prints in directory order or lexical order. i.e. % touch a % touch b % cat > -l ^D % echo * a b -l If this is what is happening then ls * would not necessarily accept "-l" as an argument. BTW the above "echo *" gives "-l a b" on the sun. Does this mean that "*" involves a lexical argument sort in the csh? --alen the Lisa slayer (it's a long story)