ls or cp: cannot stat error

[Carl Reynolds]

Eng KC wrote:

> When I do a ls * like below
> 
> [oracle at db]$ ls -l /data4/v5lmts/vin_group*
> 
> I can see the file, but if I do a  ls /path/filename like below
> 
> [oracle at db]$ ls /data4/v5lmts/vin_group3_add1.ora
> ls: /data4/v5lmts/vin_group3_add1.ora: No such file or directory
> 

It looks as if you have an invisible character (like ' ') in the file 
name. try something like

    $ ls /data4/v5lmts/vin_group3_add1.* | sed -e 's/^/</' -e 's/$/>/'

to see if the file has an extra space at the end.



Carl.