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Old 03-01-2005, 01:43 PM   #1
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The "ls" command


Coming from DOS and windows, I'm used to using the dir command like this:

dir m*

to find all files and directories that start with "m" in the current directory. In linux, when I do that command, I get those same results but it also gives me the contents of sub-folders that start with "m".

How do I get "ls" to work the same os "dir" in my example?
 
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ls -ld m*

Without the l if you're not into detail, of course.


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