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  1. Bug #2064165
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Activity log for bug #2064165

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2024-04-29 19:47:11 dhutchens bug added bug
2024-04-29 19:49:25 dhutchens description When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual output: ( I was trying to prevent the colorization of the grep output ) administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ sudo dmesg |grep -i -nocolor cpu LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip lscpu-out.txt directsetup/UEMSAgent.msi directsetup/UEMSLinuxAgent.zip directsetup/UEMS_LinuxAgent.bin directsetup/UEMSMacAgent.zip QualysCloudAgent.deb .bash_history testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb .config/htop/htoprc administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ------ Compare with the output of ls -la of current directory: administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ls -la total 110680 drwxr-x--- 6 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 22 15:03 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .. -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 8019 Apr 25 17:00 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 220 Jan 6 2022 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 3771 Jan 6 2022 .bashrc drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:13 .cache drwx------ 4 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 16:15 .config drwxrwxr-x 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 19 11:03 directsetup -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 20 Apr 22 14:43 .lesshst -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 67635706 Apr 19 10:51 LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 2421 Apr 18 10:43 lscpu-out.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 535 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_and_nonsecurity_updates.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_updates.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 807 Jan 6 2022 .profile -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 16866090 Apr 18 15:34 QualysCloudAgent.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 74 Apr 19 08:59 .selected_editor drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .ssh -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 18 08:13 .sudo_as_admin_successful -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 28757540 Apr 17 16:42 testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 115 Apr 18 10:46 uname-out.txt -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 912 Apr 19 10:04 .viminfo administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ------ It appears as thought the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subse of the files in the current directory. ( /home/administrator ) ----------- administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ uname -a Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15 09:52:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ------------------- administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Release: 22.04 When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual output: ( I was trying to prevent the colorization of the grep output ) administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ sudo dmesg |grep -i -nocolor cpu LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip lscpu-out.txt directsetup/UEMSAgent.msi directsetup/UEMSLinuxAgent.zip directsetup/UEMS_LinuxAgent.bin directsetup/UEMSMacAgent.zip QualysCloudAgent.deb .bash_history testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb .config/htop/htoprc administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ------ Compare with the output of ls -la of current directory: administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ls -la total 110680 drwxr-x--- 6 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 22 15:03 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .. -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 8019 Apr 25 17:00 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 220 Jan 6 2022 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 3771 Jan 6 2022 .bashrc drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:13 .cache drwx------ 4 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 16:15 .config drwxrwxr-x 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 19 11:03 directsetup -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 20 Apr 22 14:43 .lesshst -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 67635706 Apr 19 10:51 LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 2421 Apr 18 10:43 lscpu-out.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 535 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_and_nonsecurity_updates.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_updates.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 807 Jan 6 2022 .profile -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 16866090 Apr 18 15:34 QualysCloudAgent.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 74 Apr 19 08:59 .selected_editor drwx------ 2 administrator administrator 4096 Apr 18 08:09 .ssh -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 0 Apr 18 08:13 .sudo_as_admin_successful -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 28757540 Apr 17 16:42 testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator 115 Apr 18 10:46 uname-out.txt -rw------- 1 administrator administrator 912 Apr 19 10:04 .viminfo administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ ------ It appears as though the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subset of the files in the current directory. ( /home/administrator ) ----------- administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ uname -a Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15 09:52:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ------------------- administrator@updatestestsvr:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Release: 22.04
2024-04-29 20:18:28 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2024-04-29 20:58:03 Paul White affects ubuntu grep (Ubuntu)
2024-04-29 20:58:24 Paul White tags bot-comment bot-comment jammy