----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregor Maier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:08 AM Subject: RE: [expert] * does not select all files > > On 13-Aug-2001 George Petri wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Does anyone know why * misses hidden files such as .kderc? > > What is the reasoning for that? > > > > I mean to select ALL files, now I have to specify (in bash, of course): > > > > * *.[a-zA-Z] > > > > to my programs e.g. cp * *.[a-zA-Z] /somefolder. > > > > It is also a pain to type! Is there a better way to select ALL files? > > > > cp .* * /somefolder should work > But doesn't .* also select .. as well? I once did "chmod -R root.root .* *" and ended up changing the ownership of the parent directory which was not the desired effect. Thanks, george
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