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From: saddler@bcstec.boeing.com (Ray Saddler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: copying files
Keywords: cp
Message-ID: <581@bcstec.boeing.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 21:08:28 GMT
References: <4615@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <169@raysnec.UUCP> <1990Dec6.230153.14856@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Organization: Boeing Computer Services
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In article <1990Dec6.230153.14856@wpi.WPI.EDU> (Brian Fennell) suggests:
.In article <169@raysnec.UUCP> (Ray Shwake) replies:
..rouben@math13.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) proposes:
..
...In article <1990Dec5.021951.28104@en.ecn.purdue.edu> (Scott P Nichols) asks:
....
....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 .??*
.
.ls -dal `ls -da .* | grep -v '^\.$' | grep -v '^\.\.$' `
.

I use the simple command: ls -al .??*

...works for me...
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