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Re: ls *.jpg error (fwd)
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: ls *.jpg error (fwd) |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:25:21 -0700 |
> When I am trying to use ls *.jpg
> it gives an error message:
>
> "ls: invalid option -- _
> Try `ls --help' for more information. "
>
> Basically i can't list any jpg files and i have to look for them manually
> by using ls by itself.
You must have a jpg file that starts with "-_". That leading '-'
would cause ls to interpret it as an option. If that is the case then
you can turn off ls option processing with --.
ls -- *.jpg
Hope that helps.
Bob