phillipbentonkelly
9/19/2016 - 9:58 PM

How to show hidden files/directories on the command line From http://askubuntu.com/questions/468901/how-to-show-only-hidden-files-in-termin

How to show hidden files/directories on the command line

From http://askubuntu.com/questions/468901/how-to-show-only-hidden-files-in-terminal

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The command :

ls -ld .?* 
Will only list hidden files .

Explain :

 -l     use a long listing format

 -d, --directory
              list  directory entries instead of contents, and do not derefer‐
              ence symbolic links

.?* will only state hidden files