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filename* appears while doing ls in solaris
On Solaris 9.0,
when I do ls -l some filenames have * after them.
For e.g if filename is xyz.cpp, it appears like xyz.cpp*
Can someone please explain what does it mean/indicate?
Is it got to do with the versioning system we are using? SCCS?
Thanks
when I do ls -l some filenames have * after them.
For e.g if filename is xyz.cpp, it appears like xyz.cpp*
Can someone please explain what does it mean/indicate?
Is it got to do with the versioning system we are using? SCCS?
Thanks
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I have to agree with Tintin & Lidder. All the Asterik means is the files with a trailing asterisk is an executable.
If you do an ls -l and it appears, it might be defined as an alias. You should follow the two above suggestions to remove the alias. However, it is a no biggie.
Here are some other signs you might see.
Directories are marked with a trailing slash (`/'), and symbolic links with a trailing at-sign (`@').
All this is occurs if you do ls -F
If you do an ls -l and it appears, it might be defined as an alias. You should follow the two above suggestions to remove the alias. However, it is a no biggie.
Here are some other signs you might see.
Directories are marked with a trailing slash (`/'), and symbolic links with a trailing at-sign (`@').
All this is occurs if you do ls -F
You can make
\ls -l
and is only ls not alias.
\ls -l
and is only ls not alias.
If you don't like that behaviour, you can turn it off with
unalias ls