On 5/24/07, Dhiraj Khot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If I use $ file .* The output of the command is listing of all the files / directories that begin with . I want to have same output using grep command. So I tried $ ls -a | grep . This lists all the files and not the files which have . in its name.
Are you sure? It lists ALL files, not just those with . in their name. In GNU bash try ls -a | grep \\. ls -a | grep ^\\. / bvk-chaitanya -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
