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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users I was trying this command...am I going correct? other there is better way Post 302796137 by hanson44 on Friday 19th of April 2013 02:39:23 AM
Old 04-19-2013
That surprises me. Smilie The reason I suspected is as follows:
Code:
$ ls -1
xxx
yyy
zzz zzz

Code:
$ ls | grep " "
zzz zzz

Code:
$ ls -1 | xargs cp /tmp/
cp: target `zzz' is not a directory

Are you seeing same error message? What exact error message do you see?

Any chance other "funny" character (besides a blank) in the file names? Try something like:
Code:
ls | grep "[[:cntrl:]]"

 

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SBUILD-APT(1)							   Debian sbuild						     SBUILD-APT(1)

NAME
sbuild-apt - run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot SYNOPSIS
sbuild-apt [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT (apt-get|apt-cache) [ARG1 [ARG2 [ARGn...]]] DESCRIPTION
sbuild-apt runs apt-get(1) or apt-cache(1) inside the specified chroot, along with any additional arguments. OPTIONS
Actions -h, --help Display this manual. -V, --version Print version information. Chroot selection CHROOT The chroot to run the command in. Note that 'o', 's', 't', 'u' and 'e' may be used as abbreviations for 'oldstable', 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable' and 'experimental', respectively. APT options apt-get Run apt-get. apt-cache Run apt-cache. ARG Additional arguments to pass to apt-get or apt-cache. EXAMPLES
To update the APT package lists in the unstable chroot: % sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update Note that sbuild-update(1) is a more convenient method for doing the above. AUTHORS
Roger Leigh. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>. SEE ALSO
apt-cache(1), apt-get(1), sbuild(1), sbuild-update(1), sbuild-upgrade(1). Version 0.63.2 18 Aug 2012 SBUILD-APT(1)
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