How to match * with hidden files inside a directory
How to match the hidden files inside the given directories
dot-files
cp behaves weirdly when . (dot) or .. (dot dot) are the source directory
This answer reveals that one can copy all files – including hidden ones – from directory src into directory dest like so:
cp hidden files with glob patterns
Situation :
How to delete all files in a current directory starting with a dot?
I use Ubuntu 14.04 and in a terminal I became root with sudo su and I wanted to delete root’s trash manually. It deleted everything except for a few files that start with a dot. Like .htaccess etc. So I went to that directory (which is “files”) and I ran this command:
Is the behaviour of .* to include . and .. defined in LSB or POSIX or some other specification?
Is the behavior of .* to include . and .. defined in LSB or POSIX or some other specification?
Are there pitfalls to putting $HOME in git instead of symlinking dotfiles?
I have for many years had my entire $HOME directory checked into subversion. This has included all my dotfiles and application profiles, many scripts, tools and hacks, my preferred basic home directory structure, not a few oddball projects and a warehouse worth of random data. This was a good thing. While it lasted.
proper way to iterate through contents in a directory
I need to iterate through every file inside a directory. One common way I saw was using the for loop that begins with for file in *; do. However, I realized that it does not include hidden files (files that begin with a “.”). The other obvious way is then do something like for file … Read more
how to copy or backup files ignoring dot files
I want to back-up all files from my laptop partitions to external HDD.