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From: rob@b15.INGR.COM (Rob Lemley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: copying files
Keywords: cp
Message-ID: <1815@b15.INGR.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 90 21:58:23 GMT
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In <4497@idunno.Princeton.EDU> subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) writes:

>The problem with a simple .* is that "." and ".." also qualify as .*'s,
>and as you know, they stand for your current and parent directories.

>ls .[A-z]*

How about:

	ls -d .[!.]*	# sys V R 3 sh and ksh

Rob
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