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Re: Wildcard and ls

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: Wildcard and ls
Date 29 Jul 2020 18:45:33 GMT
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On 2020-07-29, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <tm9UG.96980$r25.75717@fx08.iad> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> On 2020-07-29 02:00, Krzysztof Mitko wrote:
>
>>> And that's the problem. Your shell is trying to expand the * wildcard 
>>> before sudo is executed and fails because lack of permissions.
>
>
>> Thanks. That explains the behaviour. I had though that ls did its own
>> wildcarding but in this case, I guess it is sudo that triggers the
>> expansion.
>
> No, that is not correct and that is not what Kryzsztof said.
>
> Please re-read for comprehension. As many times as it takes.
>
> I would guess it will take you at least six times, or three months,
> whichever comes first.

Nah. He'll never completely understand.

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Wildcard and ls JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2020-07-28 23:07 -0400
  Re: Wildcard and ls Arlen Holder <arlenholder@newmachine.com> - 2020-07-29 05:06 +0000
    Re: Wildcard and ls nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-29 01:35 -0400
      Re: Wildcard and ls Arlen Holder <arlenholder@newmachine.com> - 2020-07-29 12:41 +0000
    Re: Wildcard and ls Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-07-29 08:04 +0200
      Re: Wildcard and ls Arlen Holder <arlenholder@newmachine.com> - 2020-07-29 12:40 +0000
        Re: Wildcard and ls Arlen Holder <arlenholder@newmachine.com> - 2020-07-29 14:21 +0000
  Re: Wildcard and ls Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-07-29 08:00 +0200
    Re: Wildcard and ls JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2020-07-29 03:15 -0400
      Re: Wildcard and ls Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-29 09:49 +0000
        Re: Wildcard and ls Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-07-29 18:45 +0000
          Re: Wildcard and ls Arlen Holder <arlenholder@newmachine.com> - 2020-07-30 02:39 +0000
      Re: Wildcard and ls Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-07-30 08:03 +0200
        Re: Wildcard and ls Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-30 03:50 -0700
          Re: Wildcard and ls Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-07-30 13:40 +0200
          Re: Wildcard and ls Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-30 11:49 +0000
        Re: Wildcard and ls Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-30 11:43 +0000
        Re: Wildcard and ls Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2020-07-30 10:26 -0400
          Re: Wildcard and ls Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-30 14:55 +0000
      Re: Wildcard and ls Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-07-30 08:23 +0200

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