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Somebody claiming to be Earle Martin wrote: > > I'd like to see how big all the files/directories starting with a '.' in my > home directory are, please. Keep in mind that "." is a file/directory starting with a '.' in your home directory. If you mean "everything starting with a '.' except . and ..", which I suspect is in fact what you mean, then say that. It's giving you exactly what you asked for. Software that gives me exactly what I asked for is Not Hateful. Well, it probably is for some other reason, but not because it gives me exactly what I asked for. > Out of curiosity, let's see what happens if we throw in a wildcard. > > earle@pulsar:~$ du -h * > 8.0K Calendar > 2.5M Desktop > 1.6M Incomplete > 4.0K Mail > 36K accounts > ... > > What the hell? Asterisk isn't matching '.'? Gah. I don't care any more. Do you really want to see all the stuff that starts with '.' every time you use *? Isn't avoiding that the whole point of the .name convention? dave -- Dave Vandervies dj3vande@xxxxxx.xxx Plan your future! Make God laugh!
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