ls * problem

Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com
Tue Jun 29 08:10:05 UTC 2004


I get the same output problem with ls -l *.key as below:

ls: No Match.

The problem i have is that i have a script that looks for files using the *
so it can pick relevant files needed and this is not working because of
this problem.
Any other ideas anybody?

Regards

Andrew Bridgeman
IT Systems Engineer
Corus Automotive
IARC Building
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV47AL
Tel: 02476 241262




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 What gives ls -l *.key for exemple ?

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:30:20 +0100
Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com wrote:

>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> There are definitely files in there as i am looking at a directory on one
> of our main servers as per text below. When i do exactly the same as
below
> on Redhat version 2.4.2 i get the right output from ls *. I have checked
> the aliases on both machines and they are both identical. I am not sure
> what you mean by the bin/ls part below but i do have a ls in /bin, can
you
> expand on this and also let me know your thoughts on the above. Thanks
>
> lin2:86) pwd
> /projects/1518/crash/r75_tb32/mod13
> lin2:87) ls
> abstat     mod13.key    mod13.ptf09   mod13.ptf11   mod13.ptf21
> mod13.ptf33  mod13.ptf45  mod13.ptf57  mod13.ptf69  mod13.ptf81
> mod13.ptf93  part_des
> lin2:88) ls *
> ls: No match.
> lin2:89) id
> uid=1113(marka) gid=20(user)
>
groups=20(user),993(demo),360(bs_1253),1323(1323),1345(1345),1363(1363),1518(1518),1386(1386),1409(1409),1265(1265),1508(1508),1426

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>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Bridgeman
> IT Systems Engineer
> Corus Automotive
> IARC Building
> University of Warwick
> Coventry
> CV47AL
> Tel: 02476 241262
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>
>
>
>
> From: <Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com>
> > As per list below i have 9 Redhat machines running version  2.4.18 and
7
> > Redhat machines running 2.4.2. I have been having a problem with my
> 2.4.18
> > machines in that when i do a ls * on some directories i get a messages
> > saying " No Match" but if i go to the same area on my 2.4.2 machines it
> > just lists the files fine as you would expect it too. I had a look into
> it
> > a bit and found a rpm package called lsof. On my 2.4.18 machines i have
> > lsof -4.51-2 and on my 2.4.2 machines i have lsof-4.51-1 which means
that
> > the later version of lsof seems to have the problem. I do not think i
can
> > go back to 4.51.1 on Redhat from a newer version, so has any body come
> > across this problem and if so what did you do to fix it .I would be
> > grateful for some instructions on the fix as well  if possible?
>
> lsof's not really anything to do with plain old ls. lsof ListS all Open
> Files in the system, including things like sockets, devices etc. (In Unix
> everything's a file.)
>
> Check that there are actually files in the directory you're receiving the
> "No Match" message. cd into the directory and just type ls without the *
> and see what that shows. Also check that you're running /bin/ls and it's
> not aliased to something without you knowing. (Type "alias" to see what
> aliases are already setup.)
>
> Will.
>
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