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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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Works perfectly. Thanks Neil. |
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- Grant |
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