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Re: Guide / Tools



On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 10:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 10:36 +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote:
> > > To read about globbing is very important. Simply using wildcards could
> > > cause serious issues.
> > What is globbing, and which issues can cause wildcards?
> 
> $ touch .test test
> $ ls -A
> test  .test
> $ rm *
> $ ls -A
> .test
> 
> So for a backup hidden files won't be copied.
> 
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+globbing
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 
> PS: Please reply to the list only.

PPS: And now use the asterisk and delete or copy a folder including
hidden files. The hidden files won't be ignored any more.


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