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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting LS command does not list the correct file Post 302986270 by mohtashims on Wednesday 23rd of November 2016 07:42:38 AM
Old 11-23-2016
Linux LS command does not list the correct file
Hi,

I am logged into as root & inside the home directory of another user.

Code:
ls -a
[root@mymac user1]# ls -laq
total 44
drwx------   4 user1 adm 4096 Nov 23 05:10 .
drwxr-xr-x. 12 root     root   4096 Nov 22 13:05 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 user1 adm   18 Nov 22 13:05 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--   1 user1 adm  193 Nov 22 13:05 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--   1 user1 adm  231 Nov 22 13:05 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x   3 user1 adm   17 Nov 22 13:05 .cache
drwxr-xr-x   3 user1 adm   17 Nov 22 13:05 .config
-rw-------   1 user1 adm   46 Nov 22 13:05 .k5login
-rw-r--r--   1 user1  adm  172 Nov 22 13:05 .kshrc
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     18 Nov 23 05:10 .profile_new
-rw-------   1 user1 adm    8 Nov 23 07:36 .sh_history

Now when i say

Code:
ls -a "*profile*"
ls: cannot access *profile*: No such file or directory
ls -a *profile*
ls: cannot access *profile*: No such file or directory
ls -a *profile
ls: cannot access *profile: No such file or directory
ls -a profile
ls: cannot access profile: No such file or directory

I was expecting
Quote:
.bash_profile & .profile_new
to be displayed as an output to my ls command but none of the command yield any output.

Code:
uname -a
Linux mymac 3.10.0-327.36.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 17 03:02:37 EDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Can you please suggest whats wrong ?
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

sulog

sulog(4)							   File Formats 							  sulog(4)

NAME

       sulog - su command log file

SYNOPSIS

       /var/adm/sulog

DESCRIPTION

       The  sulog file is a record of all attempts by users on the system  to execute the su(1M) command.  Each time  su(1M) is executed, an entry
       is added to the sulog file.

       Each entry in the sulog file is a single line of the form:

	 SU date time
	 result port user-newuser

       where

       date	  The month and date su(1M) was executed.  date is displayed in the form mm/dd where  mm is the month number and  dd  is  the  day
		  number in the month.

       time	  The time  su(1M) was executed. time is displayed in the form	HH/MM where  HH is the hour number (24 hour system) and  MM is the
		  minute number.

       result	  The result of the  su(1M) command.  A ` + ' sign is displayed in this field if the su attempt was successful; otherwise  a ` - '
		  sign is displayed.

       port	  The name of the terminal device from which  su(1M) was executed.

       user	  The user id of the user executing the  su(1M) command.

       newuser	  The user id being switched to with  su(1M).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 A sample sulog file.

       Here is a sample sulog file:

	 SU 02/25 09:29 + console root-sys
	 SU 02/25 09:32 + pts/3 user1-root
	 SU 03/02 08:03 + pts/5 user1-root
	 SU 03/03 08:19 + pts/5 user1-root
	 SU 03/09 14:24 - pts/5 guest3-root
	 SU 03/09 14:24 - pts/5 guest3-root
	 SU 03/14 08:31 + pts/4 user1-root

FILES

       /var/adm/sulog	  su log file

       /etc/default/su	  contains the default location of  sulog

SEE ALSO

       su(1M)

SunOS 5.11							    6 Jun 1994								  sulog(4)
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