bash /usr/bin/ls invalid argument

[Jared Ingersoll <jared@cswv.com>]

Hi,

I'm using bash 2.05b-16 on Win2K pro and I'm running into problems listing
directory contents with a wildcard. This particular directory has over 8000
files in it, most of which (99%) are files that start with send.log.*. When
I issue the following commands, I get the same error:

$ ls send.log.*
bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument

$ ls send.log.2003*
bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument

$ ls send.log.200307*
bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument

However, if i issuse the same command in the same directory for a different
filename (amount to less that 1% of the files) it works:

$ ls receive.log.2003*
receive.log.20030703  receive.log.20030806  receive.log.20030903
receive.log.20031001
receive.log.20030707  receive.log.20030807  receive.log.20030904
receive.log.20031002
receive.log.20030708  receive.log.20030808  receive.log.20030905
receive.log.20031003
receive.log.20030712  receive.log.20030809  receive.log.20030906
receive.log.20031004

Any ideas what might be going on? Obviously, for scripting purposes I need
to be able to list the directory contents with a wildcard (actually want to
use this with grep). 

$ grep IDxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx send*
bash: /usr/bin/grep: Invalid argument


I tried this with the bourne shell and it seems to do the same thing.

Jared


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