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How do I match only dotfiles in bash?
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rm -rf .* will only not end horribly because rm refuses to delete . and ...
How do I exclude these special directories from a glob pattern?
This is not solved by dotglob since I want to match only files beginning with a dot not all files.
bash wildcards dot-files
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rm -rf .* will only not end horribly because rm refuses to delete . and ...
How do I exclude these special directories from a glob pattern?
This is not solved by dotglob since I want to match only files beginning with a dot not all files.
bash wildcards dot-files
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
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asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
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History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished withdotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.
– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
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up vote
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rm -rf .* will only not end horribly because rm refuses to delete . and ...
How do I exclude these special directories from a glob pattern?
This is not solved by dotglob since I want to match only files beginning with a dot not all files.
bash wildcards dot-files
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
1233
rm -rf .* will only not end horribly because rm refuses to delete . and ...
How do I exclude these special directories from a glob pattern?
This is not solved by dotglob since I want to match only files beginning with a dot not all files.
bash wildcards dot-files
bash wildcards dot-files
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
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edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
1233
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
edited 24 mins ago
Ipor Sircer
9,5791920
9,5791920
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
1233
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
1233
asked 28 mins ago
Franklin
1233
1233
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History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished withdotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.
– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
– Jeff Schaller
9 mins ago
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History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished withdotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.
– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
– Jeff Schaller
9 mins ago
1
1
History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished with
dotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished with
dotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
– Jeff Schaller
9 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
– Jeff Schaller
9 mins ago
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This should do it:
rm -rf .[^.] .??*
This command can catch all cases.
.[^.] will catch any two character entries. .??* will only match 3+ character filenames.
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
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You need to exclude single and double dots:
rm -rf ..?,.[!.]*
..?*matches everything with two dots followed by anything.[!.]*matches everything with single dot not followed by another dot
answered 22 mins ago
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With extglob:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ touch ... .a .bbb ..c foo
$ echo .!(.|)
... .a .bbb ..c
!(.|) matches anything but a dot or empty, so .!(.|) matches anything starting with a dot, except . and ...
answered 18 mins ago
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@Goro has, I think, the simplest totally correct answer. However, I find it's a pain to type. I would suggest instead
ls .??*
It's absolutely true that this will miss files like .a, but those are so extraordinarily rare that in practice I don't think it matters, especially for interactive usage.
answered 2 mins ago
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4 Answers
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4 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
4
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This should do it:
rm -rf .[^.] .??*
This command can catch all cases.
.[^.] will catch any two character entries. .??* will only match 3+ character filenames.
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
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up vote
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This should do it:
rm -rf .[^.] .??*
This command can catch all cases.
.[^.] will catch any two character entries. .??* will only match 3+ character filenames.
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
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up vote
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up vote
4
down vote
This should do it:
rm -rf .[^.] .??*
This command can catch all cases.
.[^.] will catch any two character entries. .??* will only match 3+ character filenames.
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
10.2k64993
This should do it:
rm -rf .[^.] .??*
This command can catch all cases.
.[^.] will catch any two character entries. .??* will only match 3+ character filenames.
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
10.2k64993
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
10.2k64993
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
10.2k64993
answered 23 mins ago
Goro
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10.2k64993
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You need to exclude single and double dots:
rm -rf ..?,.[!.]*
..?*matches everything with two dots followed by anything.[!.]*matches everything with single dot not followed by another dot
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
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up vote
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You need to exclude single and double dots:
rm -rf ..?,.[!.]*
..?*matches everything with two dots followed by anything.[!.]*matches everything with single dot not followed by another dot
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
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up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
You need to exclude single and double dots:
rm -rf ..?,.[!.]*
..?*matches everything with two dots followed by anything.[!.]*matches everything with single dot not followed by another dot
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
You need to exclude single and double dots:
rm -rf ..?,.[!.]*
..?*matches everything with two dots followed by anything.[!.]*matches everything with single dot not followed by another dot
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
answered 22 mins ago
jimmij
29.6k867102
29.6k867102
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add a comment |Â
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0
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With extglob:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ touch ... .a .bbb ..c foo
$ echo .!(.|)
... .a .bbb ..c
!(.|) matches anything but a dot or empty, so .!(.|) matches anything starting with a dot, except . and ...
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
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up vote
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With extglob:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ touch ... .a .bbb ..c foo
$ echo .!(.|)
... .a .bbb ..c
!(.|) matches anything but a dot or empty, so .!(.|) matches anything starting with a dot, except . and ...
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
With extglob:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ touch ... .a .bbb ..c foo
$ echo .!(.|)
... .a .bbb ..c
!(.|) matches anything but a dot or empty, so .!(.|) matches anything starting with a dot, except . and ...
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
With extglob:
$ shopt -s extglob
$ touch ... .a .bbb ..c foo
$ echo .!(.|)
... .a .bbb ..c
!(.|) matches anything but a dot or empty, so .!(.|) matches anything starting with a dot, except . and ...
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
answered 18 mins ago
ilkkachu
52.9k680145
52.9k680145
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
@Goro has, I think, the simplest totally correct answer. However, I find it's a pain to type. I would suggest instead
ls .??*
It's absolutely true that this will miss files like .a, but those are so extraordinarily rare that in practice I don't think it matters, especially for interactive usage.
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
@Goro has, I think, the simplest totally correct answer. However, I find it's a pain to type. I would suggest instead
ls .??*
It's absolutely true that this will miss files like .a, but those are so extraordinarily rare that in practice I don't think it matters, especially for interactive usage.
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
@Goro has, I think, the simplest totally correct answer. However, I find it's a pain to type. I would suggest instead
ls .??*
It's absolutely true that this will miss files like .a, but those are so extraordinarily rare that in practice I don't think it matters, especially for interactive usage.
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
@Goro has, I think, the simplest totally correct answer. However, I find it's a pain to type. I would suggest instead
ls .??*
It's absolutely true that this will miss files like .a, but those are so extraordinarily rare that in practice I don't think it matters, especially for interactive usage.
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
answered 2 mins ago
Dale Hagglund
31612
31612
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History: unix.stackexchange.com/a/90075/117549
– Jeff Schaller
21 mins ago
Possible duplicate of grep ignores files starting with dot
– Jeff Schaller
18 mins ago
@JeffSchaller, doesn't that one ask for all files, which is easily accomplished with
dotglob? Here, they just want those starting with a dot.– ilkkachu
13 mins ago
Stéphane’s answer in it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/264571/117549
– Jeff Schaller
9 mins ago