On 23.09.2013 21:05, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b"
mean and how is it controlled?
[root@box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1
Bob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ls ;)
File types
$ ll --color /dev/sdb*
$ file /dev/sdb*
# file --special-files /dev/sdb*
poma