On Monday 23 October 2006 17:38, Bob McGowan wrote: > 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 > > Chris, > > I've been through the list of posts responding to your question and saw > that you did find one that worked. > > What I didn't see was a pure wildcard solution, so here's my > contribution to answering the question of how many sysadmins does it > take.... > > ls .[!.]* > Wow. Ok. That gives me the directories and their contents too.
For my purposes, which was listing and archiving all settings in a home directory the suggestion by Tim worked well. Thanks, Chris -- C. Hurschler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
