I want to list all hidden files and directories and then save result to file.
Is there any command for this?
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If using GNU find, you can do
find /path -path '*/.*' -ls | tee output-file
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To avoid to show non-hidden items contained in hidden directories
find /path -name '.*' >output-file
(as noted, tee could be avoided if you do not need to see the output, and -ls option should be used only if required).
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2Or with
>instead of| tee, if one doesn't want to see the whole output on the terminal. – rozcietrzewiacz Aug 7 '11 at 13:25 -
You also don't need
-lson this, that might be extra messy information to parse thought. – Caleb Aug 7 '11 at 17:03 -
This also lists the contents of hidden directories, which isn't what the question asks for (probably — it is a little ambiguous). – Gilles Aug 7 '11 at 19:53
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Note that the first one is not GNU-specific.
-pathis POSIX since 2008.-lsis not standard but quite common. – Stéphane Chazelas Aug 25 '15 at 13:34
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To list the hidden files and directories in the current directory, including . and ..:
echo .*
To list the hidden files and directories in the current directory and its subdirectories recursively:
find . -name '.*'
If you want to save the results to a file, use a redirection:
find . -name '.*' >output-file.txt
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With zsh (using the glob qualifier D):
print -rl ./**/.*(D)
To include non-hidden files in hidden directories:
setopt extendedglob
print -rl ./**/*~^*/.*(D)
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Simple command to find hidden and non hidden files and directory
$ ls -a
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