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Old 03-12-2012
* in end of filename
Hi,

i have some files which looks like given below:
Code:
-rwxrwxrwx   1 amsbatch ams         1608 Oct 22  2009 AMS_BATCH_COMPILE*
-rwxr-----   1 amsbatch ams         1608 Oct 22  2009 AMS_BATCH_COMPILE_original*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 amsbatch ams         1127 Dec  1  2005 AMS_LMU.sh*
drwxr-xr-x   2 amsbatch ams          512 Mar 12 11:01 AMS

in some of file after filename * (star) is appended and it also exists for .sh file.

Could you please help me out what * signifies in the end and how a sh* differ from sh file.
Last edited by methyl; 03-12-2012 at 11:18 AM.. Reason: please use code tags
# 2  
Old 03-12-2012
What Operating System and version you you have and what Shell do you use?

What did you type in order to get this output from "ls"?

It looks a bit like ls -laF which highlights executable files with an asterisk but that would also append a solidus to directories.
It is of course possible for the filenames to contain the asterisk.
# 3  
Old 03-12-2012
* indicates a executable file....

you can find that by running the below command :

$ ls -F
# 4  
Old 03-12-2012
My system even has a hardlink to "ls" called:
Code:
lsf

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