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# 1  
Old 02-21-2002
Question How to list files will no extension
Can some one help ......

I want to list files with no extension in directory.

I have tried the following

ls * That listed all files
ls *.* That listed files with extension
ls That listed all files

Thanks
# 2  
Old 02-21-2002
What about :
Code:
ls | grep -v "."

Will that work for your needs?
# 3  
Old 02-21-2002
I'm sure he meant...
Code:
ls | grep -v \\.

# 4  
Old 02-21-2002
I normally use

Code:
ls | grep -v "\."

I see that \\. also works for me, but I cannot relate to that double backslash syntax.
Jimbo
# 5  
Old 02-21-2002
MySQL
Thanks guys .

both ls |grep -v "\\." and ls|grep -v"\." works.
This User Gave Thanks to Wing m. Cheng For This Post:
kouppoua
# 6  
Old 02-22-2002
Oops...
Yes, that is what I meant...
 
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