Re: du

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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.

In 'Bash' you can (apparently -- I haven't tried this) do:

  $ shopt -s dotglob

to get what you want.  But if you do that, be careful if you ever let
anybody else type commands at your shell prompt!

Smylers
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difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done.

• Earle Martin 19:16 on 30 Sep 2005
  • demerphq 19:19 on 30 Sep 2005
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