Re: Wildcard for hidden files

[Ben Breslauer <bbreslau@cs.oberlin.edu>]

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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris

ls -a | grep ^[.]

This will, however, still give you the . and .. directories.

--Ben