On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Vidiot wrote:
> >Hi, list!
> >
> >Is there a quick and dirty way to copy all hidden files with cp? I tried
> >using cp .* but that also gets ..
> >
> >I would do cp .a* .b* ... .z* but that would be a pain to type. :)
> >Brian Wright Aturna Communications Inc.
>
> cp .[a-zA-Z0-9]* new_location
>
By the way, you may also encounter the problem when you create a tarball
in order to make a backup of the whole home directory for instance. I had
to discover that the hard way. If you're interested in a way to solve
that check out:
http://www.linuxnovice.org/main_tips.php3?VIEW=VIEW&t_id=95
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