[plug] hidden files

[Ben New]

Richard Meyer wrote:

>find / -name .* -print
>
>This will scan the whole directory structure for everything whose name
>starts with a ".", and print the result.
>  
>

Sorry Richard, that won't work for 2 reasons-

1. the shell will expand the * before it executes find, making the 
params for find incorrect, and
2. even if you quoted or escaped the ".*", the find will also find the 
"." and ".." entries of each directory, which happen to start with a 
".", thereby finding every directory in the system.

You might have to play around with the -regex option or something. (This 
is assuming that you meant "files with names that start with a dot" when 
you say "hidden files")

Regards,
Ben

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