ls automatically does a recursive ls of dir

pbsrinivas · #1 (**permalink**) 07-16-2007

when i have a file and directry starting with same letter and i do a ls it does a recursive ls..

example

output of ls -ltr

-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jul 16 15:26 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Jul 16 15:26 aa
drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Jul 16 15:26 bb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jul 16 15:26 b

output of ls -ltr a*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jul 16 15:26 a

aa:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jul 16 15:26 insideaa

it automaticaly goes inside aa dir and display the contents

i just wanted the files or dir names startring with a* to be displayed

Shell_Life · #2 (**permalink**) 07-16-2007

Try this:

Code:

ls -d a*

pbsrinivas · #3 (**permalink**) 07-16-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shell_Life

Try this:

Code:

ls -d a*

thanks...

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