Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!nichols From: nichols@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Scott P Nichols) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: copying files Summary: Let's try listing them... Keywords: cp Message-ID: <1990Dec5.021951.28104@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 02:19:51 GMT References: <1990Dec3.215656.8961@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: Scott Nichols (nichols@en.ecn.purdue.edu) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 44 OK, let me restate my question, as none of the answers I recieved last time worked... Here is a listing of my home directory... (I use csh) % ls -la total 92 drwxr-xr-x 10 nichols 1024 Dec 4 16:52 . drwxr-xr-x312 root 6144 Nov 25 17:14 .. -rw------- 1 nichols 1837 Dec 4 09:49 .cshrc drwx------ 2 nichols 1024 Dec 4 16:42 .elm -rwxr--r-- 1 nichols 0 Oct 19 01:35 .hushlogin -rw-r--r-- 1 nichols 26 Dec 1 14:30 .informrc >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other .files excluded <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< drwx------ 2 nichols 1024 Dec 4 08:37 Mail drwx------ 5 nichols 1024 Dec 2 18:59 News >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other directories excluded <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Do any of you UNIX wizards know how to even list all of the names of the files which begin '.' (besides, of course the files in the root (second line of list) When I type... I get... ______________ ________ ls .* all of the dot files, then all files in my directory and the previous. ls .** all of the dot files, then all files from the previous directory ls * .??? all files in all of my directories Any other suggestions? Scott -- O- /\ |\ /\/vv\ /vv\ \ __Insight from Oregon...Scott P. Nichols _____/ \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (nichols@en.ecn.purdue.edu)