Re: Fwd: GNU coreutils 6.9 - bug in ls

[Matthew Woehlke]

FReeZ wrote:
> I have figured out the steps required to reproduce the error.
> I have the file with following name "-^mininova.org^- 23 (1998) - 
> Espionage.Conspiracy.Hacking.TrueStory - Subs.torrent" (without the 
> quotes) stored in /usr/watch. It was downloaded from the internet using 
> Opera browser and that filename is causing problems, maybe because the 
> "^" character is not being escaped properly with slash during the 
> manipulation with it? My filesystem is ext3.

No, the problem is what Eric previous told you. You have issued the 
command 'ls -^min...Subs.torent ...' (where the '...'s are "other 
stuff"). There is no such option '-^', therefore ls complains.

If you do not want the results of the shell's expansion of '*' to be 
considered options, you need to say so: 'ls -- *'. Neither ls nor your 
shell is doing anything incorrect.

--
Matthew
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