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ls command operating differently depending on recipient
How does commands like ls know what its stdout is?
It seems ls is operating different depending on what the target stdout is. For example if I do:
ls /home/matt/tmp
the result is:
a.txt b.txt ...
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Bash: assign ls | grep to a variable and echo it with a string
I want to assign the result of an expression to a variable and concatenate it with a string, then echo it. Here's what I've got:
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop;
thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 "Screen Shot";
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How do i open all files that are the result of a ls command?
I'd like to open all text files that are the result of a ls command using a text editor. How do i do this?
