Re: GNU coreutils 6.9 - not a bug in ls =)

[Eric Blake]

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Please keep replies on the list, so that others may chime in or benefit
from the archives.

According to FReeZ on 9/9/2007 10:05 AM:
> Thank you a lot Eric,
> 
> that FAQ is directly what I have needed, I wonder why the links are not
> included in the man. I haven't meant 'ls -- *', because it displays the
> filenames recursivelly, while 'ls *' simply displays the filenames from
> the current directory only, and using multi-column layout. Perhaps I
> need to read more about the patterns, so I'll do.

You are misunderstanding.  'ls -- *' and 'ls *' are identical, except when
* expands to a file that ls recognizes as a potential option.  The whole
point of -- is to separate options from problematic file names.  Perhaps
you are getting confused with 'ls -R -- *'?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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