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From: Olivier Lefevre <lefevrol@yahoo.com>
Subject:  ls returning file list as one big string
Date:  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:21:20 +0200
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As the subject says, ls returns the file list as one big string for some
directories but not others. One sign of that is that, e.g.,

     for i in `\ls *.java`; do sed -e $i; done

fails with "File too long". Once can prove it with

     for i in `\ls *.java`; do echo \"$i\"; done

which will return. e.g.,

     "FirstFile.java
     SecondFIle.java"

instead of

     "FirstFile.java"
     "SecondFIle.java"

as it should. This happens for some directories but not all, on the same
mount. I am at a loss to understand this behaviour.

Please no condescending lectures abut I should have googled etc: Google
and other search facilities aren't much use if you don't know what you
are looking for.

Thanks a lot,

-- O.L.


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