ls sometimes fails to show a file

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ls sometimes fails to show a file in .local

meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/*
.local/share/applications/Octave.desktop
.local/share/applications/maple2020.desktop
.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
.local/share/applications/p9x79.desktop
.local/share/applications/p9x79.desktop~
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-03HV30.desktop
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-0U5L30.desktop
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-4LWN30.desktop
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls -la .local/share/applications/*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 tomdean tomdean 239 May 22 13:38 .local/share/applications/Octave.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tomdean tomdean 184 Apr 15 2020 .local/share/applications/maple2020.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 13 May 26 00:41 .local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
-rwxrwxr-x 1 tomdean tomdean 202 May 26 01:52 .local/share/applications/p9x79.desktop
-rwxrwxr-x 1 tomdean tomdean 202 May 26 01:22 .local/share/applications/p9x79.desktop~
-rw-r--r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 163 May 25 16:55 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-03HV30.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 159 May 25 17:06 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-0U5L30.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 163 May 26 00:38 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-4LWN30.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 159 May 26 00:41 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls -la .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 159 May 26 00:41 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls -la .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tomdean tomdean 159 May 26 00:41 .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9*
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls -la .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*
ls: cannot access '.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-09*': No such file or directory
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9*
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9*
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop
meerkat> ls .local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9*
.local/share/applications/userapp-Thunderbird-O9IR30.desktop

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tomdean (tomdean) said :
#1

This is a font/seeing problem. The file name is NOT zero-nine but is oh-nine.

Sorry for the noise.