[plug] hidden files

[Richard Meyer]

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                      Ben New                                                                                                       
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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.

Hmm, I've used expressions of the form "-name fred*" before, but maybe
there is a problem with ".*". I don't have a Linux box around to check. As
for no 2 the user can easily ignore . and ..  -  quick and dirty is the way
to go - a quick run through sort and the lines could be deleted easily ;)

>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")

Well I was assuming that's what Jon meant, since it is a Linux list, and it
appears I get 10/10 for ESP, even if I left out the quotes, so after
subtracting 5 points for that, I still get 50%.  :)

Thanks for the correction
RichardM

>Regards,
>Ben