Re: Unix shell ls vs readdir

Uhm, if you're just interested in the file names, why use "ls -l", then throw everything away the "-l" adds? Why not just a plain "ls"?

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Re^2: Unix shell ls vs readdir by almut (Canon) on May 10, 2010 at 18:59 UTC
Why not just a plain "ls"? Plain `ls` doesn't show the link target the OP is grepping for...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Unix shell ls vs readdir by Argel (Prior) on May 10, 2010 at 19:03 UTC
It looks like he is using the '->' from the ls -l output to figure out which files are symbolic links pointing to tomcat. Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks	[reply]