Linked Questions
13 questions linked to/from how to glob every hidden file except current and parent directory
223
votes
12
answers
239k
views
How do you move all files (including hidden) from one directory to another?
How do I move all files in a directory (including the hidden ones) to another directory?
For example, if I have a folder "Foo" with the files ".hidden" and "notHidden" inside, how do I move both ...
- 18.9k
8
votes
4
answers
7k
views
How do I reference all files including hidden files? [duplicate]
I know that * references all files excluding hidden files, how to reference all files including hidden files whose names begin with a . in bash?
- 763
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
How do I select all the hidden files in the console? [duplicate]
How do I select all hidden files in a directory? ls .* selects the current folder - ., as well as it's parent ... I just want the hidden files
- 1,051
1
vote
2
answers
567
views
How to avoid copying “..” while using cp command in terminal? [duplicate]
I am using CentOS7 and when I use command
cp /root/test/.* /root/test1
it also copies .. which copies all the files and folder in the parent directory of the source.
How to avoid copying . and ..?
- 19
38
votes
5
answers
28k
views
Find the top 50 directories containing the most files/directories in their first level?
How can I use find to generate a list of directories which contain the most numbers of files. I'd like the list to be from highest to lowest. I'd only like the listing to go 1 level deep, and I'd ...
slm♦
- 370k
22
votes
3
answers
2k
views
What does .??* mean in a shell command?
The following command will tar all "dot" files and folders:
tar -zcvf dotfiles.tar.gz .??*
I am familiar with regular expressions, but I don't understand how to interpret .??*. I executed ls .??* ...
- 1,164
9
votes
1
answer
34k
views
(Why) is it bad to use ls -A to list hidden files?
I want to list every file, including hidden files, in the current directory. I don't want to include the parent (..) and current (.) directory.
I found this:
how to glob every hidden file except ...
- 193
6
votes
6
answers
4k
views
How do I specify arguments to return all dot files, but not . and ..?
Normally dot files are not included for wildcard expansion:
% echo *
Applications Desktop Documents Downloads Library Movies Music Pictures Public bin
If I explicitly ask for dot files, I get them:
...
- 1,995
10
votes
4
answers
609
views
Is the behaviour of .* to include . and .. defined in LSB or POSIX or some other specification?
Is the behavior of .* to include . and .. defined in LSB or POSIX or some other specification?
- 27.4k
4
votes
2
answers
462
views
Linux: remove file*..but not file1 and file2 [duplicate]
Usually on bash i did
shopt -s extglob
rm !(filedontwantremove)
and remove all files except filedontwantremove
But if i want to remove all file except filedontwantremove
and "...
- 12.7k
0
votes
0
answers
89
views
Deleting a hidden file with linux command
I tried using rm -rf .* command to remove a hidden file and I am met with this error.
rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '.'
rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '...
1
vote
1
answer
87
views
bash `if` block contents fail to execute due to syntax error on extended glob pattern in MacOS
Short Version:
When extended glob is turned on inside a bash if block on my Mac, the entire block fails with a syntax error on any extend glob pattern contained in the block, even if it follows the ...
- 21
0
votes
1
answer
64
views
What command would I use to list all files and directories, including hidden ones, except . and ..?
Ok so, I know ls -a lists files including the hidden ones, and * command includes the elements I want to include. ls -I ".." -I "..." does not work as I have to use ls -a.
- 3