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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Can't view directory content - SUNOS Post 302077842 by blowtorch on Monday 26th of June 2006 10:37:19 PM
Old 06-26-2006
Well, the cat command should not be working on directories. Check below:
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/$ uname -a
SunOS xxxxxx 5.8 Generic_117350-24 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
/$ cat /tmp
cat: input error on /tmp: Invalid argument
/$ less /tmp
/tmp is a directory
/$ more /tmp

*** /tmp: directory ***
Also, don't go by the size field for a directory. The directory size increases as more files are added (this is the size field in the directory that I am talking about and not 'size of directory'='total size of all files'), but it may not decrease if you remove files.
 

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NAME

       gThumb - an image viewer and browser for GNOME

SYNOPSIS

       gthumb [--help] [--version] [-f] [--fullscreen] [-s] [--slideshow] [--import-photos] [directory] [filename] ...

DESCRIPTION

       With  gThumb  you  can  browse  your hard disk viewing thumbnails of image files.  It also lets you view single files (including GIF anima-
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OPTIONS

       -f, --fullscreen
	      Start in fullscreen mode.

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	      Automatically start a slideshow.

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AUTHORS

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