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ls oddity

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From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson <at> gmail.com>
To: core utils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: ls oddity
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:58:14 +0100

ls -al works as expected

ls *.xml ... fails?

[dpawson <at> localhost pawson]$ ls *.xml
ls: invalid option -- ':'
Try `ls --help' for more information.


Not sure if it's a bug or my setup?

Using fedora core 15. Fully up to date
$ ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 8.10


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From: Davide Brini <dave_br <at> gmx.com>
To: 9504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9504: ls oddity
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:04:37 +0200

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:58:14 +0100, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson <at> gmail.com>
wrote:

> ls -al works as expected
> 
> ls *.xml ... fails?
> 
> [dpawson <at> localhost pawson]$ ls *.xml
> ls: invalid option -- ':'
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> 
> 
> Not sure if it's a bug or my setup?

You have some filename that confuses ls. Try one of:

ls ./*.xml

ls -- *.xml

(and use sane filenames in the future).

-- 
D.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9504-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9504: ls oddity
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:03:59 -0600

tag 9504 notabug
thanks

On 09/14/2011 05:58 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
> ls -al works as expected
>
> ls *.xml ... fails?
>
> [dpawson <at> localhost pawson]$ ls *.xml
> ls: invalid option -- ':'
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
>
>
> Not sure if it's a bug or my setup?

The only bug here is in your command line arguments.  This is a FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-_0027_002df_0027-and-it-affects-rm_002e

Try:
echo ls *.xml

to see what the glob expanded to; my guess is that you have a file named 
"-:.xml" or something similar, which ls is then trying to interpret as 
an option.

To avoid the problem, use either:
ls -- *.xml
ls ./*.xml

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Message #14 received at 9504-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Davide Brini <dave_br <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 9504-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9504: ls oddity
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:16:51 +0200

tags 9504 + notabug
thanks

Davide Brini wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:58:14 +0100, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson <at> gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ls -al works as expected
>>
>> ls *.xml ... fails?
>>
>> [dpawson <at> localhost pawson]$ ls *.xml
>> ls: invalid option -- ':'
>> Try `ls --help' for more information.
>>
>>
>> Not sure if it's a bug or my setup?
>
> You have some filename that confuses ls. Try one of:
>
> ls ./*.xml
>
> ls -- *.xml
>
> (and use sane filenames in the future).

Thanks for replying.

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