how do display only hidden files in unix?
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Answer / sarvan
Hidden files will start a period (.) in their names. To
list them use -a option of ls command.
like, ls -ltra
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Answer / chelios
Minimalistic form:
ls -a | grep '\.'
Really people, 'only hidden' means 'only hidden', not 'also hidden'...
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Answer / ram
In unix, hidden files are started with .
But whenever checking for hidden files, we should consider
the two extra ordinary files in evry directory.
'.' and '..'
. denotes to the present working direcory
.. denotes to the previous/parent directory
For filtering only for hidden files use
ls -la .??*
But this will consider the hidden files have length > 2.
So if a hidden file with one letter wont appear.
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He wrote correct answer(2).who stupid given "NO".
Before giving "no' u should check correct or not .
simply don't tell 'NO'
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