[linux-help] Re: ls

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Mandrake, ls lar* will show all non-executable files beginning with lar in 
the
directory and subdirectories.  Executable files won't be shown.
bruce

Carl D Cravens wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Gary Gaston wrote:
>
> > To look for a file that starts with "set" use the following:  ls set*  This
> > will search the current directory and all subdirectories.
>
> Eh?  ls doesn't search subdirectories.  "set*" is expanded by the shell,
> before it's ever sent to ls, into files that match in the current
> directory.  It'll show you the contents of any directories that start with
> "set" in the current directory, but it won't look any further than that.
>
> To search for a file, use "find".
>
> find ./ -name 'set*'
>
> "xargs" is a good program to know about when using find.  It's usually
> more efficient that the -exec option of find if you want to execute a
> program on the results.
>
> find ./ -name 'set*' |xargs ls -ld
>
> --
> Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> I've got a chainsaw... what could go wrong?
>
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