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Old 07-01-2004
easy peesy
What does ls & do?
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Old 07-01-2004
list the files in the current directory - running the "ls" process in the background.

I'm not sure why you would want to do this...
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Old 07-01-2004
I didnt i just done it by mistake - meant to do a ls * and just wanted to make sure it wouldnt do any harm - thanks!
 
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