On 25/06/11 19:35, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: <snipped> > > The first part "*" removed both files AND any other file that might have > been in the directory.
There, we'll have to disagree. Perhaps your shell handles ls differently. Also you are running as root, I'm not scott@work:~/spec$ ls -a . .. Look - nothing there kids :-) scott@work:~/spec$ touch "*" "&" scott@work:~/spec$ ls -a . .. * & Is now! (for my next trick I'll need a wealthy volunteer from the audience) > > # touch \* \& > # ls -A > * & > # ls -A|xargs rm > # ls > > > No error there, smaller hammer ;-) > > > And just to show that it doesn't clear other files.... > > # touch \* \& a b c > # ls > * & a b c > # ls -A \* \& > * & > # ls -A \* \&|xargs rm > # ls > a b c > > > Just for fun, to also prove that the "*" is a problem with the other Which is where you lose me. Problem? > smaller hammer attempt: > > # touch \* \& a b c > # ls > * & a b c > # rm $(ls -A) > rm: cannot remove `&': No such file or directory > rm: cannot remove `a': No such file or directory > rm: cannot remove `b': No such file or directory > rm: cannot remove `c': No such file or directory > # ls > > > Do I need to tell anybody that I *like* these types of problems? LOL > > Cheers > Can't say I "like" these types of problems ... :-) scott@work:~/spec$ ls -a . .. scott@work:~/spec$ touch "*" "&" "a" "b" "c" scott@work:~/spec$ ls -al total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 scott scott 4096 Jun 25 20:10 . drwxr-xr-x 72 scott scott 12288 Jun 25 18:57 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 0 Jun 25 20:10 * -rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 0 Jun 25 20:10 & -rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 0 Jun 25 20:10 a -rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 0 Jun 25 20:10 b -rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 0 Jun 25 20:10 c scott@work:~/spec$ rm * scott@work:~/spec$ ls -a . .. Another way to make nice slippers from a feline:- scott@work:~/spec$ touch "*" \& a 'b' c My preferred solution (apart from *not* doing this sort of thing as root):- $ touch \* \& a b c $ rm * The proof of the pud.... ;-p Cheers -- I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullsh#t. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e05b6bf.9010...@gmail.com
