the output in not tidy

[peterchu]

today when I use the command "ls" on the shell , the output is not tidy like below

#ls aa.txt
aa bb cc
11 22 33

but previously , it is normal.

#ls aa.txt
aa bb cc
11 22 33

could suggest what is the problem is my system ? thx

[peterchu]

in my previous post , i can't show the real output, my current output should be :

#ls aa.txt
aa
bb cc
11
22 33

the normal output should be

#ls aa.txt
aa bb cc
11 22 33

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

When you try to list file only and getting some more files there??

what are you getting for,
$file aa.txt
$file *

$what ls
what is your system informations ( $uname -a )

what are you getting for command $alias

$find . -name "aa.txt"

It will be good to do more analyse if you give ALL above.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

you may want to look for unprintable characters in file names with ls -b

greetings,

Michael

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi,
Could u check the "NewLine Character" in your file.
Open it in VI and at every line check end of line by typing $.
Regards,

[Rick Garland]

Do 'ls -qa' to see if any unprintable characters

[Rodney Hills]

Is aa.txt a directory?

If it is a file, the only output you should be getting from "ls aa.txt" is-
aa.txt

If aa.txt is a directory, then maybe the tab settings on your display are gunged. "ls" uses tab when displaying multiple filenames across.

HTH

-- Rod Hills