How do you list dot files only in bash?

sysslack_linux · 11-09-2007, 08:47 AM

Is it possible to list only files starting with (.) a dot
I have googled a lot and have found the answer!
I almost succedded
echo .*
.DCOPserver_tux_:0 .DCOPserver_tux__0 .ICEauthority .Xauthority .adobe .bash_history .bash_profile .bash_profile~ .bashrc .bashrc~ .config .firefox .fontconfig .fullcircle .java .kde .kderc .ktorrent.lock

But how do you do when you want them listed like this ?
.DCOPserver_tux_:0
.DCOPserver_tux__0
.ICEauthority
.Xauthority
.adobe
.bash_history
.bash_profile
.bashrc
.config
.firefox
.fontconfig
.fullcircle
.java
.kde
.kderc
.ktorrent.lock

pwc101 · 11-09-2007, 09:16 AM

Code:

find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname ".*"

edit: or

Code:

echo .* | tr " " "\n"

teek · 11-09-2007, 09:47 AM

type:

ls .

Then hit tab a couple of times

pwc101 · 11-09-2007, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teek

type:

ls .

Then hit tab a couple of times

Unfortunately, that also lists directories

(my first thought was "What's wrong with ls .*?").

teek · 11-09-2007, 10:08 AM

ah... hehe, ok, I already thought this was too simple

Sorry

gnashley · 11-09-2007, 11:46 AM

This nearly works on my machine with bash 3.2.0, excpet that it prints out the '.' and '..' dirs:

Code:

echo .* | tr " " "\n"

But this works quite well:

Code:

echo .* | tr " " "\n" |tail +3

pwc101 · 11-09-2007, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnashley

But this works quite well:

Code:

echo .* | tr " " "\n" |tail +3

That's a nice fix

I timed the find command and the echo command:

Code:

500 pwc101@jessie ~$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.15(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
501 pwc101@jessie ~$ time echo .* | tr " " "\n" | tail +3
real    0m0.003s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.002s
502 pwc101@jessie ~$ time find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname ".*"
real    0m0.003s
user    0m0.002s
sys     0m0.001s

Not much in it!

sysslack_linux · 11-10-2007, 01:19 PM

Thank you very much for your suggestions!
I have tried them all and they worked on my machine!