Hello, * On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:39:21AM -0600 Eric Blake wrote: > On 09/24/2010 07:43 AM, mel...@orangepalantir.org wrote: >> This probably isn't a backtic problem, but using backtics causes it. >> >> ls `ls` >> >> results in file not found errors. ie: >> >> bash-3.2$ ls >> 35ms 40ms 80ms >> bash-3.2$ ls `ls` >> ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory >> ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory >> ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory >> bash-3.2$ > > WJFFM: > $ mkdir abc && cd abc && touch 35ms 40ms 80ms > $ ls > 35ms 40ms 80ms > $ ls `ls` > 35ms 40ms 80ms
Another option (for the OP): Have you tried the command: $ ls|wc -l You ask why? Then try this: $ touch "35ms 40ms 80ms" $ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory Here, ls|wc -l gives 1 as output. HTH, Spiro. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/ http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
