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Offline gerald_clark

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Bug in busybox ls command in 2.9rc5
« on: February 28, 2010, 12:31:13 AM »
cd
ln -s /bin .

The following 2 commands act as expected.
ls /bin
bin

Now try:
ls /bin | cat
ls bin | cat

The second command outputs the directory name, not its contents.
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Re: Bug in busybox ls command in 2.9rc5
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2010, 06:39:42 PM »
This bug also applies to
ls -1 symlink.
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Re: Bug in busybox ls command in 2.9rc5
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2010, 08:50:09 PM »
Quote from: gerald_clark on February 28, 2010, 12:31:13 AM
cd
ln -s /bin .

The following 2 commands act as expected.
ls /bin
bin

Now try:
ls /bin | cat
ls bin | cat

The second command outputs the directory name, not its contents.

ls bin/ | cat does.
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