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.
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