cat command in unix shell script

Question

I have 2 lines of code

1) With the following code:

for i in `ls *.properties`; do cat $i; done

I get the error:

cat: file_name.properties: No such file or directory.

2) On the other hand:

for i in *.properties; do cat $i; done

Works fine!

I thought both were the same. Can someone help me understand the difference between the two? Using bash shell.

Answer 1

What does the following command print?

cat -v <<< `ls *.properties`

I guess the problem is, that ls is a strange alias, e.g. something like

ls='ls --color'

Edit: I have seen this before. The alias should be: alias ls='ls --color=auto'