Dear listers using terminal, How do I match all files starting with a period? I thought .* would be simple enough, but if I do ls .* on my external drive, which is os extended journaled, then all files in that dir show up. If I do the same command in my normal home directory, then the same thing happens.
What I'm trying to do is delete all files starting with a dot in the root of an external drive, because that's an advice I found in another forum for a different problem I'm having. Why do all files seem to show up when doing ls .* rather than just those whose name starts with a dot? I think I'm missing something. What is it? Paul. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
