Subject: Re: bug#9504: ls oddity

From: Jim Meyering <[email-masked]>
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 <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> ls -al works as expected
>>
>> ls *.xml ... fails?
>>
>> [dpawson@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.

I've inserted "-done" between the Cc'd number and @debbugs.gnu.org to
tell the bug-tracker that this issue is "done".
The two lines at the top mark this as a non-bug.