Public bug reported:
When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual output:
( I was trying to prevent the colorization of the grep output )
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ sudo dmesg |grep -i -nocolor cpu
LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
lscpu-out.txt
directsetup/UEMSAgent.msi
directsetup/UEMSLinuxAgent.zip
directsetup/UEMS_LinuxAgent.bin
directsetup/UEMSMacAgent.zip
QualysCloudAgent.deb
.bash_history
testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
.config/htop/htoprc
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$
------
Compare with the output of ls -la of current directory:
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ls -la
total 110680
drwxr-x--- 6 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 22 15:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 18 08:09 ..
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 8019 Apr 25 17:00 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 220 Jan 6 2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 3771 Jan 6 2022 .bashrc
drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:13 .cache
drwx------ 4 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 16:15 .config
drwxrwxr-x 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 19 11:03 directsetup
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 20 Apr 22 14:43 .lesshst
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 67635706 Apr 19 10:51
LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 2421 Apr 18 10:43 lscpu-out.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 535 Apr 22 14:39
missing_security_and_nonsecurity_updates.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 22 14:39
missing_security_updates.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 807 Jan 6 2022 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 16866090 Apr 18 15:34
QualysCloudAgent.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 74 Apr 19 08:59 .selected_editor
drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 18 08:13
.sudo_as_admin_successful
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 28757540 Apr 17 16:42
testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 115 Apr 18 10:46 uname-out.txt
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 912 Apr 19 10:04 .viminfo
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$
------
It appears as though the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subset of the
files in the current directory.
( /home/administrator )
-----------
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ uname -a
Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15
09:52:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release: 22.04
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual output:
( I was trying to prevent the colorization of the grep output )
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ sudo dmesg |grep -i -nocolor cpu
LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
lscpu-out.txt
directsetup/UEMSAgent.msi
directsetup/UEMSLinuxAgent.zip
directsetup/UEMS_LinuxAgent.bin
directsetup/UEMSMacAgent.zip
QualysCloudAgent.deb
.bash_history
testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
.config/htop/htoprc
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$
------
Compare with the output of ls -la of current directory:
-
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ls -la
total 110680
drwxr-x--- 6 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 22 15:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 18 08:09 ..
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 8019 Apr 25 17:00 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 220 Jan 6 2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 3771 Jan 6 2022 .bashrc
drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:13 .cache
drwx------ 4 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 16:15 .config
drwxrwxr-x 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 19 11:03 directsetup
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 20 Apr 22 14:43 .lesshst
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 67635706 Apr 19 10:51
LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 2421 Apr 18 10:43 lscpu-out.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 535 Apr 22 14:39
missing_security_and_nonsecurity_updates.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 22 14:39
missing_security_updates.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 807 Jan 6 2022 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 16866090 Apr 18 15:34
QualysCloudAgent.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 74 Apr 19 08:59
.selected_editor
drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 18 08:13
.sudo_as_admin_successful
-rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 28757540 Apr 17 16:42
testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 115 Apr 18 10:46 uname-out.txt
-rw------- 1 administrator administrator 912 Apr 19 10:04 .viminfo
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$
------
- It appears as thought the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subse of the
+ It appears as though the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subset of the
files in the current directory.
( /home/administrator )
-----------
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ uname -a
- Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15 09:52:04
UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+
+ Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15
+ 09:52:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-------------------
administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ lsb_release -rd
+
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release: 22.04
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