Learning the wonderfull world of UNIX and have a question I can't answer or
google.After I change the security of a file using the command:
chmod 750 mybiog
I use the command:
ls -1 mybiog
to check and instead of the security attributes:
-rwxr-x--- 1 user group 26 Feb mybiog
I get only the file name.  I'm performing it right off the assigned text
with no joy! I'm using the bash shell.  Any usefull suggestions?
TIA,
David

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Gman wrote:
> I use the command:
>  ls -1 mybiog
> to check and instead of the security attributes:
>  -rwxr-x--- 1 user group 26 Feb mybiog
> I get only the file name.  I'm performing it right off the assigned text
> with no joy! I'm using the bash shell.  Any usefull suggestions?
references/excerpts:
ls(1)
-l     use a long listing format
-1     list one file per line

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On 2006-02-27, Gman wrote:
> Learning the wonderfull world of UNIX and have a question I can't answer o
r
> google.After I change the security of a file using the command:
> chmod 750 mybiog
> I use the command:
>  ls -1 mybiog
> to check and instead of the security attributes:
>  -rwxr-x--- 1 user group 26 Feb mybiog
> I get only the file name.

That's all you are asking for: a listing of filenames, one to a
line.

If you want the detailed listing, use:

ls -l  ## That's a lowercase L, not the number one.

> I'm performing it right off the assigned text
> with no joy! I'm using the bash shell.  Any usefull suggestions?


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"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2006-02-27, Gman wrote: 
>
>   That's all you are asking for: a listing of filenames, one to a
>   line.
>
>   If you want the detailed listing, use:
>
> ls -l  ## That's a lowercase L, not the number one.
> 
>
>
> --
>   Chris F.A. Johnson, author   |    <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
>   Shell Scripting Recipes:     |  My code in this post, if any,
>   A Problem-Solution Approach  |          is released under the
>   2005, Apress                 |     GNU General Public Licence

Thanks, It always comes down to "attention to detail"
Any idea why when I'm in bash instead of a $ prompt I get a !# prompt?
Thanks again!
David

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On 2006-02-27, Gman wrote:
>
> "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ff6ad3-18i.ln1@xword.teksavvy.com... 
>
> Thanks, It always comes down to "attention to detail"
> Any idea why when I'm in bash instead of a $ prompt I get a !# prompt?

Probably because you are logged in as root -- not a good idea.

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Shell Scripting Recipes:     |  My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach  |          is released under the
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On 2006-02-27, Gman <davidg35@REMOVEcox.net> wrote:
> Learning the wonderfull world of UNIX and have a question I can't answer o
r
> google.After I change the security of a file using the command:
> chmod 750 mybiog
> I use the command:
>  ls -1 mybiog
> to check and instead of the security attributes:
>  -rwxr-x--- 1 user group 26 Feb mybiog
> I get only the file name.  I'm performing it right off the assigned text
> with no joy! I'm using the bash shell.  Any usefull suggestions?
> TIA,
> David

-[ell], not -[one].

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"Gman" <davidg35@REMOVEcox.net> writes:
[...]
> Thanks, It always comes down to "attention to detail"
> Any idea why when I'm in bash instead of a $ prompt I get a !# prompt?

Is it really "!#", not just "#"?

Bash's prompt is determined by the value of the $PS1 variable.  This:
echo "$PS1"
will show you its current value.  Either it has a literal '#'
character in it, or it has a "\$" sequence, which expands to a '#'
character if you're running as root, or a '$' character if you're not.

(If you're running as root, you probably shouldn't be; use root only
when you actually need it.)

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"Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message
news:lny7zx9xzg.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org...
> "Gman" <davidg35@REMOVEcox.net> writes:
> [...] 
>
> Is it really "!#", not just "#"?
>
> Bash's prompt is determined by the value of the $PS1 variable.  This:
>    echo "$PS1"
> will show you its current value.  Either it has a literal '#'
> character in it, or it has a "\$" sequence, which expands to a '#'
> character if you're running as root, or a '$' character if you're not.
>
> (If you're running as root, you probably shouldn't be; use root only
> when you actually need it.)
>
> --
> Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org
> <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
> San Diego Supercomputer Center             <*>
> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
> We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this.

Here's a cut of the screen:        gnix:[students/deguenth] !%

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On 2006-02-27, Gman <davidg35@REMOVEcox.net> wrote:
>
> "Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message
> news:lny7zx9xzg.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org... 
>
> Here's a cut of the screen:        gnix:[students/deguenth] !%

what shell are you using? some shells use % instead of $ [why did you
say # when you didn't mean it?]

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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:50:40 -0700, Gman
<davidg35@REMOVEcox.net> wrote:
>
> Here's a cut of the screen:        gnix:[students/deguenth] !%
>
Are you sure you are running bash?  Try this:
echo $SHELL
echo $BASH_VERSION


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