backtics
This probably isn't a backtic problem, but using backtics causes it. ls `ls` results in file not found errors. ie: bash-3.2$ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms bash-3.2$ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory bash-3.2$ thanks -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: backtics
On 09/24/2010 07:43 AM, mel...@orangepalantir.org wrote: This probably isn't a backtic problem, but using backtics causes it. ls `ls` results in file not found errors. ie: bash-3.2$ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms bash-3.2$ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory bash-3.2$ WJFFM: $ mkdir abc cd abc touch 35ms 40ms 80ms $ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms $ ls `ls` 35ms 40ms 80ms In trying to think of things that might be interfering, do you have a problematic alias or shell function named ls? For example, if ls is aliased to 'ls --color=always', and those particular files would be colored by your dircolors settings, then I could see that causing a failure (hint, use --color=auto, not --color=always, when aliasing ls). Also, running under 'set -vx' may be informative. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com+1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: backtics
Hello, * On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:39:21AM -0600 Eric Blake wrote: On 09/24/2010 07:43 AM, mel...@orangepalantir.org wrote: This probably isn't a backtic problem, but using backtics causes it. ls `ls` results in file not found errors. ie: bash-3.2$ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms bash-3.2$ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory bash-3.2$ WJFFM: $ mkdir abc cd abc touch 35ms 40ms 80ms $ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms $ ls `ls` 35ms 40ms 80ms Another option (for the OP): Have you tried the command: $ ls|wc -l You ask why? Then try this: $ touch 35ms 40ms 80ms $ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory Here, ls|wc -l gives 1 as output. HTH, Spiro. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/ http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: backtics
This probably isn't a backtic problem, but using backtics causes it. ls `ls` results in file not found errors. ie: bash-3.2$ ls 35ms 40ms 80ms bash-3.2$ ls `ls` ls: cannot access 35ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 40ms: No such file or directory ls: cannot access 80ms: No such file or directory bash-3.2$ ++ Almost certainly we're looking at whitespace characters. ls reads the directory and displays the names., but command expansion delivers them as a whitespace-delimited array. Here's the same thing duplicated several ways on AIX. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconwaymkdir whitespace tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconwaycd whitespace tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacetouch '35ms ' '40ms ' '80ms ' tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels 35ms 40ms 80ms tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels `ls` ls: 0653-341 The file 35ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 40ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 80ms does not exist. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels |cat -vet 35ms $ 40ms $ 80ms $ tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacecd .. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconwayrm -rf whitespace tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacerm '35ms ' '40ms ' '80ms ' tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacetouch ' 35ms' '40ms ' ' 80 ms ' tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels 35ms 80 ms 40ms tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels `ls` ls: 0653-341 The file 35ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 80 does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 40ms does not exist. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels |cat -vet $ 35ms$ 80 ms^I $ 40ms$ $ tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacerm * tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacetouch '35ms 40ms 80ms' tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels 35ms 40ms 80ms tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels `ls` ls: 0653-341 The file 35ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 40ms does not exist. ls: 0653-341 The file 80ms does not exist. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels |cat -vet 35ms 40ms 80ms$ tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacerm * tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacetouch `(time sleep 1) 21` tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels real0m1.002s user0m0.001s sys 0m0.001s tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels -l total 0 -rw-r--r--1 tconway admins0 Sep 24 15:19 real0m1.002s user0m0.001s sys 0m0.001s tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacerm * tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacetouch Hello. I am a unix file. I'm still just this one single file, but I have many lines in my name. I even have \all three\ types of \\quotes in my name tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels Hello. I am a unix file. I'm still just this one single file, but I have many lines in my name. I even have all three types of \quotes in my name tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacels -l total 0 -rw-r--r--1 tconway admins0 Sep 24 15:15 Hello. I am a unix file. I'm still just this one single file, but I have many lines in my name. I even have all three types of \quotes in my name tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway/whitespacecd .. tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconwayrm -rf whitespace tcon...@tsmserv /home/tconway That last one's a funny one to drop on a new unix user. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
