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# 1  
Old 07-09-2007
ls command in infinite Loop

Hi,

whenever I am giving a 'ls' command system is going into infinite loop displaying the current home directory.

There is no separate shell script/file with ls name anywhere in the system.
I am using Solaris 10.

Any help / guidance in solving this problem is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
UPMirji
# 2  
Old 07-09-2007
Did you try,
Code:
which ls

Thanks,
Nagarajan Ganesan
# 3  
Old 07-09-2007
Try using the full path:
/usr/bin/ls
this will ensure that you are running the real ls. If this does the same thing, post some output so we can see how it looks.
# 4  
Old 07-17-2007
Thanks guys for your prompt reply.

I had tried the both... and after carefull observation...
The problem turned out to be silly...
ENTER key on key board was getting stuck... causing the problem

Umakant
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