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From: rogerc@ncrcae.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Option Filenames
Message-ID: <2775@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 13:19:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 19 13:19:58 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 16:04:12 EST
Reply-To: rogerc@ncrcae.UUCP (Roger Collins)
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In article <3286@whuts.UUCP> bear@whuts.UUCP (BELLIVEAU) writes:
> So if I put a "-l" filename in my directory and do an
> "ls *", why doesn't it give me an "ls -l" output?
> Does the 'argv' get interpreted differently in these two
> sources?

The "-l" file would have to be the first file in the directory to get
the expected results.  Try it on a directory with only one file, "-l", 
to test this.

	-Roger Collins
	 rogerc@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM