[plug] hidden files

[Ben New]

s/my_post_a_while_ago/something_that_is_actually_correct/

:-)



Jon Miller wrote:

>actually I did use the find command 
># find / -name ".*"  
>This lists the files to screen, after that I added > filename  to have the output piped to a file.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
>Director/Sr Systems Consultant
>MMT Networks Pty Ltd
>http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au
>
>"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
> is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby
>
>
>
>  
>
>>>>ben at leftclick.com.au 10:42:09 AM 20/08/2003 >>>
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>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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