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[huBBLe]

how do u list out hidden files (ie, wif a "." appended in front of the filename) only?

Thank You

 

[bigscouse]

ls -la

Ged Jones

Top man

 

[huBBLe]

think u misunderstood my question.

wat i need to do is to list all hidden files and NOTHING else. say if i have 5 files of the type ".XXXX". then only these 5 files will be listed out, ignoring the rest of the files.

 

[KenCunningham]

If my reading of your question is correct:

find . -name '.*' -print

should give you a list of (only) .<something> files below where you initiate the find from. HTH.

 

[huBBLe]

Thanks Ken, it works!

the output this command gives is:
.
./.hiddenfile1
./.hiddenfile2
./.hiddenfile3

juz touch up the line u gave a bit to become: find . -name '.?*' -print | cut -f2 -d/

and i get:

.hiddenfile1
.hiddenfile2
.hiddenfile3

which is wat i need!

Thank You