05-06-2014
It's a little ambigous as a problem, but I have three possibles as a first stab:-
- A file that matches your ls *MYFILE* has a space in it. The shell will expand the *MYFILE* to match every file in the filesystem before issuing the ls
- You have a symbolic link to somewhere that does not exist and your ls in the current directory is trying to follow it, but the ls from a symbolically linked directory does not.
- A combination of the two?
Does that help at all?
Robin
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DIFF3(1) User Commands DIFF3(1)
NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by line
SYNOPSIS
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE
DESCRIPTION
Compare three files line by line.
-e --ed
Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
-E --show-overlap
Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
-A --show-all
Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
-x --overlap-only
Output overlapping changes.
-X Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
-3 --easy-only
Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
-m --merge
Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
-L LABEL --label=LABEL
Use LABEL instead of file name.
-i Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
-a --text
Treat all files as text.
--strip-trailing-cr
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-T --initial-tab
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v --version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input. Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
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SEE ALSO
The full documentation for diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff3 programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info diff3
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diffutils 2.8.7 April 2004 DIFF3(1)