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Re: ls *.m doesn't see m-files


From: Michael D Godfrey
Subject: Re: ls *.m doesn't see m-files
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:10:58 -0800
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On 11/29/2011 05:55 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
Anyone seeing this?

	dir *.m
	go_crop.m    go_simple.m  go_test.m
	ls *.m
	ls: *.m: No such file or directory
	error: ls: command exited abnormally with status 1

Ben
Yes.  The problem is that ls.m at line 56 encloses the argument in
single quotes.  If the quotes are removed it works as you might have
expected.  There may be some reason for the quotes, but I cannot
think of one.

Michael


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