Re: [Linuxcommand-discuss] finding hidden files

[Bruce B. <bbu...@ea...>]

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From: "Steve Sanders" <st...@th...>
To: <lin...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: [Linuxcommand-discuss] finding hidden files


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
I am just wondering if there is a way to just display the hidden files.  I
tried using:
ls -a | grep .*
but it seemed to ignore the . and just display everything.

[  grep uses regular expressions, and the .  dot means to
substitute one character for it..  It is a wild card...

escape the dot   like so:    \.     ]



 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


[Welcome Steve........

    If you want to display the hidden files  do:

  $  cat  /etc/.*   then  use Shift+PageUp/PageDown  to
scroll back and forward....
    If it is a really long list,  pipe it to less:

  $ cat /etc/.*   |  less

This is from the console.....I don't use X.
To get to a real console (instead of an Xterm)  do
Ctrl+LeftAlt and  F1-6,  then login.

Bruce<+> ]