List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..

• List dot-files and dirs, but not "." and ".."

  Although rm is protected against it, there are many commands that would wreak havoc on entering the obvious ".*" to address "dot-files". This sweet little expression excludes the dirs "." and ".." that cause the problems. Show Sample Output

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  .adobe                                .esd_auth        .gtk-bookmarks     .mcop                 .themes
  .bash_history                         .evolution       .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2  .mcoprc               .thumbnails
  .bash_profile                         .fontconfig      .gvfs              .metacity             .tomboy
  .bashrc                               .gaim            .ibm               .mozilla              .tomboy.log
  .cache                                .gconf           .ICAClient         .mozilla-thunderbird  .Trash
  

  
  

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  ls .[!.]*
  danam · 2009-09-29 13:50:13 2
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• List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..

  find . -maxdepth 1 -iname ".*" | awk 'NR >= 2' Can be used to list only dotfiles without . nor .. Show Sample Output

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  find . -maxdepth 1 -iname "*" | awk 'NR >= 2'
  ./.goobook_cache
  ./.todo
  ./tmp_img
  ./.gconfd
  ./.viminfs.tmp
  ./.esd_auth
  ./.bashrc
  ./.xsession
  ./violin.mp4
  ./.aliases
  ./.asadminpass

  
  

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  find directory -maxdepth 1 -iname "*" | awk 'NR >= 2'
  chilicuil · 2014-04-01 00:09:12 0
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• List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..

  Works 99.9% of the time; so far never required a more complex expression in manual input.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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  ls .??*
  Paula · 2009-09-29 14:40:37 0
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Close but no cigar... "ls -A" actually lists ALL files except . and .., not just dot-files.

zude · 852 weeks and 6 days ago

That does the exact reverse. Lists everxthing BUT the dot files

danam · 850 weeks and 4 days ago

Cancel that last comment...."zude" is right.

danam · 850 weeks and 4 days ago

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