"ls" finds file1 but "ls file1" does not
Charles D. Russell
worwor@bellsouth.net
Tue May 10 03:57:00 GMT 2005
> Response 2 to Eric Blake:
> Thanks. I forgot that unix had separate permissions for directories.
> However, I have
> now given myself all the permissions I know of and I still have the same
> problem.
>
> EXAMPLE:
>
> $ ls ass*
> ls: ass*: No such file or directory <------BUT IT IS THERE
>
> $ ls -l
> total 722
> -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 cdr None 58614 Oct 12 1995 _index.htm*
> -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 cdr None 2177 Oct 12 1995 assert.htm*
#Next thing to check - do you have shell globbing disabled or filtered?
(For more info on
#these options, read `man bash'.)
#$ echo ignoring:$GLOBIGNORE options:$-
#$ shopt | grep glob
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I haven't yet puzzled out these commands, but I'm forwarding the results
anyway.
I doubt this is the problem, since similar results occur without
globbing, and I can't imagine how my defaults could get mucked up. The
installation is several years old, apart from upgrades.
$ echo ignoring:$GLOBIGNORE options:$-
ignoring: options:himBH
$ shopt |grep glob
dotglob off
extglob off
nocaseglob off
nullglob off
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#If GLOBIGNORE includes *.htm or the builtin set includes -f, bash will
not expand *, but
#instead looks for the literal file named "ass*", which does not exist.
I'm also guessing
#that nullglob is off, otherwise bash would expand the failed * into no
arguments at all,
#which would cause a full directory listing, rather than passing the
literal string with *
#on to ls.
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Same problem occurs with no globbing (I was using * only to avoid
spelling errors):
$ ls assert.htm
ls: assert.htm: No such file or directory
By the way, where can I find documentation for the command
$ stat -c %A .
in your first post? The only "stat" command I can find is a C system call.
$ stat
bash: stat: command not found
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