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# 1  
Old 07-15-2009
To get the hidden files information only
Hi all,

I want to get only hidden files(which are start with '.' or '..') information in a current directory. I tried the below command,

$ find . -name "^." -exec ls -la '{}' \;

but it's not working. Can anyone give me your outputs.


Thanks in advance,
Raghu.
# 2  
Old 07-15-2009
ls -la
# 3  
Old 07-15-2009
The way to find hidden file is
Code:
find . -name ".*"

It will find all files including dot(.) And if you do exec on this ls -l . will print all the files in the directory....

Try:
Code:
for i in $(find . -name ".*")
do
   if [[ $i = "." || $i = ".." ]]; then
      continue
   fi
   ls -l $i
done



---------- Post updated at 02:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:32 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by saga499
ls -la
This will give all the files... not ONLY hidden files.
# 4  
Old 07-15-2009
No need for the caret, just use
Code:
$ find . -type f -name '.*' -exec ls -l {} \+

# 5  
Old 07-15-2009
Thanks for your reply Saga.

But I want output with hidden files only..
ls -la will give us the all files information including hidden files.

You have any clue?

Thanks,
Raghu.
# 6  
Old 07-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
No need for the caret, just use
Code:
$ find . -type f -name '.*' -exec ls -l {} \+

-type f did the trick...interesting.
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