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On Wed, 30 May 2007 07:25:51 -0700, Grant wrote: |
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> $ ls -l *.torrent |
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> ls: invalid option -- [ |
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> Try `ls --help' for more information. |
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Torrent files can have weird names, you probably have one named |
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"-- [kewl doodz] -- some dodgy file.torrent". The shell is expanding the |
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wildcard and passing it to ls, which thinks it is an option. The |
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standard way of avoiding this is to use "ls -l -- *.torrent". The -- |
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tells ls that there are no more options and everything else is to be |
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treated as a file. |
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-- |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"Bother," said Pooh, as the pin fell out of the grenade. |
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