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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Ls command shows : NOT A DIRECTORY Post 302900334 by rbatte1 on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 09:36:11 AM
Old 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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br(1)							      General Commands Manual							     br(1)

NAME
br - utility to interact with Firecracker device SYNOPSIS
br [options] [housecode[list]] [native command] ... DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the br command. br is a program that interacts with X10's Firecracker device allowing the user to manipulate X10 devices throughout their house/office. OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below. -h, --help Show summary of options. -v, --verbose Each -v will increase the verbosity. -x, --port=PORT Set port to communicate with (should be the port the Firecracker module is plugged into) -c, --house=[A-P] Use alternate house code for operations, default is A -n, --on=LIST Turn on all devices in LIST -f, --off=LIST Turn off all devices in LIST -N, --ON Turn on all devices in housecode -F, --OFF Turn off all devices in housecode -d, --dim=LEVEL[,LIST] Dim devices in housecode [or LIST] to relative LEVEL -B, --lamps_on Turn on all lamps in housecode -D, --lamps_off Turn off all lamps in housecode -r, --repeat=NUM Repeat commands NUM times (0 = ~forever) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ashley Clark <aclark@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Ashley Clark br(1)
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