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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: copying files
Keywords: cp
Message-ID: <169@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 90 19:36:43 GMT
References: <1990Dec3.215656.8961@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1990Dec5.021951.28104@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <4615@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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rouben@math13.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) writes:

>In article <1990Dec5.021951.28104@en.ecn.purdue.edu> nichols@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Scott P Nichols) writes:
>|
>|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) 
>|

>Try
>	ls -d .*

	For some users on some systems, this will list both current directory
(.) and parent directory (..), which is not what is required. Try instead:

	ls -d .??*