Re: questions relating to the ls and grep command

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:35:38PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:49:00PM +0100, Robert Land wrote: > > Would someone kindly explain when to use the > > "ls -d" command? The --help notes this would > > list the directory entries - which puzzles me > > a bit because I had ne

Re: questions relating to the ls and grep command

Robert Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-08 15:49:00 +0100]: > Would someone kindly explain when to use the > "ls -d" command? This is explained in some detail here: http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq/ Bob msg23040/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: questions relating to the ls and grep command

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:49:00PM +0100, Robert Land wrote: > Would someone kindly explain when to use the > "ls -d" command? The --help notes this would > list the directory entries - which puzzles me > a bit because I had never thought of there > may be more than one! Here's an example of the d

questions relating to the ls and grep command

Would someone kindly explain when to use the "ls -d" command? The --help notes this would list the directory entries - which puzzles me a bit because I had never thought of there may be more than one! Seems I have some lack in basic knowledge on this too. Then, when wanting ls only to plot the nam