-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/22/06 05:21, Tim Post wrote: > 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?
In OpenVMS, it's very easy: DIR :== DIREC/DA/SIZ=ALL DIR SYS$LOGIN: > ... [ 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> 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. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFO0fmS9HxQb37XmcRAvkoAKCJx5YvWrXM+U7Gh0Ra3ZD5OcgsJACffKPw rTJ0FZIB9cV3ExMOcoEWvuU= =890t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]