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Re: Wildcard for hidden files



A really bad joke is brewing if this thread keeps up. Ah heck, why not.

How many sysadmins does it take to list the files in one directory?

... [ ducking ]

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 12:16 +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 10:19:20AM +0200, Bj??rn Lindstr??m wrote:
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> > 
> > > To get *only* (well, *mostly*) hidden files), try:
> > >
> > > ls -aFl | grep " \."
> > 
> > That's quite a bit more complex than necessary.
> > 
> > ls -d .*
> 
> But again, that also gives you the . and .. entries.
> 
> > 
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