Re: The ls command

[Michael <rapidmailservice@gmail.com>]

I used the grep K option to find the PDF file which had a leading hyphen and a K in the filename.

I then used the double dash (--) in the rm command to delete the K file.

I also used the double dash in the ls command to search for other possible files with a leading hyphen in their name.

Thanks to all who helped me.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 6:53 PM Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:

alain williams (HE12025-10-30):
> However: in this case the filename expansion (*pdf) is done by the shell and so
> it is the shell which will have sorted the names.

You are starting from a true fact and arriving at a wrong conclusion. It
is really ls that will decide the sort order here. I suggest you run
some tests.

> I assume that there is not a directory with name that matches *pdf - in which
> case ls will sort the names in there.

Indeed.

Regards,

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  Nicolas George