From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:18:42 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#20277 <20277@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#20277 <20277@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: du wild card not working Reply-To: bug#20277 <20277@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:18:42 +0000 retitle 20277 du wild card not working reassign 20277 coreutils submitter 20277 Gert Pellin severity 20277 normal tag 20277 notabug thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 07 18:53:22 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Apr 2015 22:53:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48363 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfcMy-00086M-Jw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:53:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60543) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaOB-0004xx-Nf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaO5-0002w9-Jv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:22 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:59604) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaO5-0002w2-GQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45809) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaO4-0008Nm-FF for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaO1-0002vM-PR for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:20 -0400 Received: from s01.spamexperts.axc.nl ([159.253.0.153]:43180) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaO1-0002sc-K3 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:46:17 -0400 Received: from vserver94.axc.nl ([159.253.7.5]) by s01.spamexperts.axc.nl with esmtps (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaKo-0000zA-Rk for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:45:18 +0200 Received: from ip-83-101-73-122.customer.schedom-europe.net ([83.101.73.122]:54953 helo=[192.168.2.9]) by vserver94.axc.nl with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1YfaJO-0004XA-SO for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:41:31 +0200 Message-ID: <55244138.9010203@gepe-biljarts.be> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:42:32 +0200 From: Gert Pellin Organization: Gepe Biljarts User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: du wild card not working Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Filter-ID: s0sct1PQhAABKnZB5plbIahm7PTW6+JkgrFnLc8DvJpozR5/7CbMqWjWji3KGC1UWywi3RPeT3mN b5O6yuT+gd5o8tkM55fgLfmLZEDZiQLyN7wjlUrHL1gsvi/xw2+b+etI3X3TkjWXy6S3OYl6FIIw z6siUV12GKoXB/7lgaQKp/RZpmrKPdw3+rMx7dBJTdiSp628SHG21ZADbORyGq/43kNBhvLLkf8X 7/SWYHAgH4LN7/qhEEmU9V4uXKaxjqDnz9znmHkpb7+i0+L5UamHZ7x6u9Brd8pYitTyb+LH0+rf rEidXpQdWRFrOVOQ+EBrp8RkDPZcxBveWTy2GFKt6YzVmZ/bVLFVKR8KqHb3Y80OmAux3oN13+zt UzneHGYrCAwVYUj2thkT0HPYOxHbW4PAtLHlnmffyX3btuSE/nVbJVn2+O7PotX7fujvj7kxzD2Y SQadThILqbNNMvOW6bvL9DC431WlF1LxckzoJMHt5+0bZfDaNMUXR2WLy+Hu1k5tdf85uLMUwG6y HeU/Rj/6MYZAT1n98X/YkHXagH+xYApfZvQRBkJ4kHEmcxw3qqhc+N6cuEg4XWh5FpCK613OmINu /l6F1NMSUEWR0CD1NQ/gcCZWvfQcFxpGhPZUdA3IlxlVd2LRLkOe/cD9FTViURR05Oqkl5NfSNs= X-Report-Abuse-To: spam@s01.spamexperts.axc.nl X-Filter-Fingerprint: IFrWXGses7OKB5S5G8/dJRn/7L7+nnclbWGk7OJ1jHJA3cTUQ1R++keuE7RDJ8Kg3RbMLUalw1oC mj99/u+PoqoVy8a3lsStJtAvpObFX0Wok1JBYnOLzfRIhlEHQynLUpndEJ0YoaLytXXo8BMTaX2p Mk7LBarWD9Fj4R3eIu6C5spubTEXAEkuBKN3yOZvUxf7JO+oAUByCkP7cAJnEooJtGZFyF6tI/I5 CWVQH2sjWUvnt4XQmbZjx+Gtm4/p X-Originating-IP: 159.253.7.5 X-SpamExperts-Domain: vserver94.axc.nl X-SpamExperts-Username: 159.253.7.5 Authentication-Results: spamexperts.axc.nl; auth=pass smtp.auth=159.253.7.5@vserver94.axc.nl X-SpamExperts-Outgoing-Class: ham X-SpamExperts-Outgoing-Evidence: Combined (0.29) X-Recommended-Action: accept X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:53:19 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) On stack exchange someone reported a bug today, after manually updating du -sh * gives errors on all his computers. Is this a bug? On my system with coreutils 8.21 it is still working normally. -- best regards Gert Pellin ps: the original report: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/194906/whats-the-new-wild-card-symbol-for-the-du-command From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 07 22:19:54 2015 Received: (at 20277) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Apr 2015 02:19:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48633 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yffar-0004wj-NE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:19:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60756) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yffap-0004wb-HX for 20277@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:19:52 -0400 Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t382Jo1F000581 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:19:50 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.98] (ovpn-113-98.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.98]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t382JnmC015529; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:19:50 -0400 Message-ID: <55249045.80109@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:19:49 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gert Pellin , 20277@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#20277: du wild card not working References: <55244138.9010203@gepe-biljarts.be> In-Reply-To: <55244138.9010203@gepe-biljarts.be> OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MNQX77jS9gneSTnTqk4eqfKJQPi3ecPq1" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.26 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20277 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --MNQX77jS9gneSTnTqk4eqfKJQPi3ecPq1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/07/2015 02:42 PM, Gert Pellin wrote: > On stack exchange someone reported a bug today, after manually updating= > du -sh * gives errors on all his computers. Is this a bug? On my system= > with coreutils 8.21 it is still working normally. Not a bug, but a FAQ: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#How-do-I-re= move-files-that-start-with-a-dash_003f Most likely, he is running the command in a directory that contains a filename starting with a dash, and both 'du -sh -- *' and 'du -sh ./*' serve to suppress treating that leading dash as an invalid option name. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --MNQX77jS9gneSTnTqk4eqfKJQPi3ecPq1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVJJBFAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqcOEH/3DYjms2ZI+EfOJGvVjr13cE RWZi7T/bGwuwH3iHzu9VC33dQcK/dkOt8CQ63+em3kKPF8NUsVYmhI+2yW6240rq /oKcyNn99elrZJrEnrU9QksG/keoNwMxztwO14mvd/ZWJVjZuF4iUrMCUUZtWPFc 8fWCjzWXOtZLgH5Iuiu5O18OkP1QHWZ8nifxqhfzWooy0xzdW7DxNFjx9K73XXGh M+3LqOBYpkC7NIItV9T6KjXxiZv4c+4bn2yWgGAP+WMlEm85DVoX4GH0S8wb5j5q 2nk0j2KbYgNHednbWtn0fZ9k26YqKIpgg6LocAO1owm75Omu4LvzAoDpHBb2z04= =3pD2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MNQX77jS9gneSTnTqk4eqfKJQPi3ecPq1-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 07 22:20:46 2015 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Apr 2015 02:20:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48637 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yffbi-0004yG-8U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:20:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:54922) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yffbf-0004y8-Tv for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:20:44 -0400 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t382KhDI032557 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:20:43 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.98] (ovpn-113-98.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.98]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t382Kg6F025924 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:20:43 -0400 Message-ID: <5524907A.4040408@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:20:42 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: GNU bug tracker automated control server Subject: Re: bug#20277: du wild card not working References: <55244138.9010203@gepe-biljarts.be> In-Reply-To: <55244138.9010203@gepe-biljarts.be> OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7SBA3XmMC2JjBmK5WDxObLOSLT0l1OxxK" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.22 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7SBA3XmMC2JjBmK5WDxObLOSLT0l1OxxK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable tag 20277 notabug close 20277 thanks On 04/07/2015 02:42 PM, Gert Pellin wrote: > On stack exchange someone reported a bug today, after manually updating= > du -sh * gives errors on all his computers. 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