On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:50:54 -0800, Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net> wrote: > OK. After getting rid of the alias there are several that work > correctly for me. Just curious -- how *exactly* did you set up the alias? I've tried alias ls="ls -la" and the behavior is still correct. With the alias, did "ls", "\ls -la", and "ls -la" actually return different things? -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh