On Monday 13 August 2001 12:26, root wrote: > On Monday 13 August 2001 09:42, 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? > > > > Thanks, > > George > > try "echo .[^.]* *" and you will see that gives you all the files except . > and .. Hmmm, I always use cp -a to preserve links and such. Civileme
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