On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:20:55 +0000 Oliver Lupton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:09:30 +0100 > Ivan Glushkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > if I issue ls . > filelist.txt > > as user I get: > > a binary file like: > > > > ESC[0mESC[0mAcro3nKTzaESC[0m > > ESC[0mfilelist.logESC[0m > > ESC[01;34mgconfd-glushkovESC[0m > > ESC[01;34mkde-glushkovESC[0m > > ESC[01;34mkeyring-CXhOCWESC[0m > > ESC[01;34mksocket-glushkovESC[0m > > ESC[01;35mmapping-glushkovESC[0m > > ESC[01;34morbit-glushkovESC[0m > > ESC[01;34mssh-mmCRYB8783ESC[0m > > ESC[01;35mxmms_glushkov.0ESC[0m > > ESC[0mzmanImD0upESC[0m > > ESC[m > > ... > > > > if I do that like root, I get the list of files as expected. > > What is the difference? Both root and the user are using the same shell. > > > > Cheers, > > Ivan > > I believe you're just seeing the colour codes for ls's beautiful output. > Passing --color=never to ls should fix it. user's apparently have colours by > default and root doesn't (it's an alias in one of the shell init scripts), at > least that's how it is here. Ack! That's why my ls in emacs shell buffer is all messed up. Thanks so much! A > > Cheers, > Oliver > > -- > I will live for never, or live failing. >
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