Re: The ls command

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Subject: Re: The ls command
From: Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:44:30 -0700
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On Thu, 2025-10-30 at 17:33 +0000, Michael wrote:

The command

ls -- *.pdf

has been run and a very large number of PDF files has been listed.

It is very difficult to spot any strangely named PDF files.

Pipe into less

ls -- *.pdf | less

Then you can scan at your leisure and search for stuff.

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