Re: du

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From: Smylers
Subject: Re: du
Date: 09:07 on 01 Oct 2005
Abigail writes:

> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:10:46PM +0000, Smylers wrote:
> 
> > Earle Martin writes:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 07:09:48PM +0100, Earle Martin wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > 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?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, I do; I expect * to match everything.
> > > 
> > > Having just read Juerd's mail, I guess I can forget about that.
> > 
> >   $ shopt -s dotglob
> > 
> > to get what you want.
> 
> Even with dotglob set, '.' and '..' will not be matched by '*'.

Which I suspect is what Earle wants.

Smylers
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