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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