Re: Wildcard for hidden files

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (21/10/06 07:23), Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 10/21/06 07:14, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > On (21/10/06 14:01), Chris wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> How can I list all hidden files or directories with ls?
> >>
> >> ls .* 
> >>
> >> does not give the desired result.  Id like to archive all the hidden files in 
> >> my home folder.
> > 
> > ls -al
> 
> To get *only* (well, *mostly*) hidden files), try:
> 
> ls -aFl | grep " \."

We live and learn :)

Thanks Ron

Regards

Clive

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