[Linuxcommand-discuss] finding hidden files

[Steve S. <st...@th...>]

Greetings all!  I am new to the list so I apologize if this question is =
out of place because it is too basic.  I am taking a class at college on =
Linux.  We are completing a lab, and one of the questions was to =
determine how many hidden files there are in the /etc directory.  I =
found the answer using:
ls -a =20
I am just wondering if there is a way to just display the hidden files.  =
I tried using:=20
ls -a | grep .*
but it seemed to ignore the . and just display everything.  I tried =
several other things as well, but everything seemed to just ignore the =
".".  So, does anyone know a way to just display the hidden files in the =
/etc directory?  Thanks for the help.

Steve