[Sunhelp] Significance of *

[Michael Jonsson (BCT)]

'ls' is probably an alias for 'ls -F'. The -F option mark executable files with a trailing asterisk (*).

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Nabeel Ahmed [SMTP:nahmed at infoboard.com]
> Sent:	den 6 april 2000 18:34
> To:	SunHelp
> Subject:	[Sunhelp] Significance of *
> 
> What does a trailing * in the filename imply?
> eg: .netrc* is a filename. The '.' implies that it is hidden, what does the
> '*' imply?
> Regards,
> Nabeel
> 
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