Re: Showing hidden files

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (c.fa.johnson_at_rogers.com)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: 11 Mar 2004 23:16:39 GMT

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 at 22:55 GMT, Kris wrote:
> If I wanted to write a command sequence that lists only the hidden
> files in the current directory what would I write?

   Take your pick:

echo .*
ls .*
printf "%s\n" .*
any_command .*

   In other words, the shell expands .* to a list of all the files in
   the current directory that begin with a dot. Note that that also
   includes "." and "..". 

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