On 04/12/2012 03:49 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > Yes, the find command is a bit too much for me in.. regular interactive > use - i.e. if it has even an outside chance of doing something I might > regret, I usually choose to run a test first.. and if still in doubt.. > I back up the target tree(s). > > As to dotglob, I knew of its existence.. but it never made it to my > active vocabulary. > > The problem with ‘shopt -s dotglob; command’ is that it leaves the > option set for the ensuing session.
That's why I ran it in a (subshell) cheers, Pádraig.
