Re: binary output from ls
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 05:09:30PM +0100, Ivan Glushkov wrote:
> Hi,
> if I issue ls . > filelist.txt
> as user I get:
> a binary file like:
>
> ESC[0mESC[0mAcro3nKTzaESC[0m
> ESC[0mfilelist.logESC[0m
> ESC[01;34mgconfd-glushkovESC[0m
> ESC[01;34mkde-glushkovESC[0m
> ESC[01;34mkeyring-CXhOCWESC[0m
> ESC[01;34mksocket-glushkovESC[0m
> ESC[01;35mmapping-glushkovESC[0m
> ESC[01;34morbit-glushkovESC[0m
> ESC[01;34mssh-mmCRYB8783ESC[0m
> ESC[01;35mxmms_glushkov.0ESC[0m
> ESC[0mzmanImD0upESC[0m
> ESC[m
> ...
>
> if I do that like root, I get the list of files as expected.
> What is the difference? Both root and the user are using the same shell.
>
What terminal are you using as root and as user?
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