On 2019-02-11, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, February 11, 2019 08:07:24 AM Curt wrote: >> On 2019-02-11, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > There is a directory /etc/sket (with all hidden files thus you need >> > something like ls /etc/skel/.* to get a listing). >> >> I believe you need something like 'ls -a /etc/skel/', in fact, to see those >> pesky dot files. > > You're right.
I'm wrong because your command does output the dot files, as a matter of fact (and so much more I didn't bother scrolling up to notice that it did indeed show those hidden files). I follow your logic. Give me everything in /etc/skel/ beginning with a dot. Which works. But apparently a dot is also something else. Like a directory. curty@einstein:~$ ls /etc/skel/.* /etc/skel/.bash_logout /etc/skel/.bashrc /etc/skel/.profile /etc/skel/.: /etc/skel/..: (etc.--the contents of /etc/ I'm not sure what it all means. >> Your command, actually, have you tried it? > > Of course, for a command that simple, I almost always try it, and I got > plenty > of results that, at first glance, seemed plausible, but looking back, they > were > wrong. > >> It produces results that are >> different from what you expected, I think. > >
