I am using bash on two different unix versions and for some reason the commands operate slightly differently. For example, 'ls * -la' gives me an error on one unix system, but works fine on a different system. The versions of unix are actually OS x and linux, and both systems are running GNU bash 3.2.

Since I am switching between different systems often, the different command line syntax is really annoying. Does anyone know if the differences are because of a compile option or is there a config file somewhere that results in the different behavior?

I have tried compiling bash from source with what I think is the same conditions on both systems, but I can't resolve the differences

Thanks