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From: | Olivier Lefevre <lefevrol AT yahoo DOT com> |
Subject: | ls returning file list as one big string |
Date: | Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:21:20 +0200 |
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As the subject says, ls returns the file list as one big string for some directories but not others. One sign of that is that, e.g., for i in `\ls *.java`; do sed -e $i; done fails with "File too long". Once can prove it with for i in `\ls *.java`; do echo \"$i\"; done which will return. e.g., "FirstFile.java SecondFIle.java" instead of "FirstFile.java" "SecondFIle.java" as it should. This happens for some directories but not all, on the same mount. I am at a loss to understand this behaviour. Please no condescending lectures abut I should have googled etc: Google and other search facilities aren't much use if you don't know what you are looking for. Thanks a lot, -- O.L. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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