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stf92

07-09-2011 11:53 AM

ls -a *vim* does not find .vimrc notwithstanding it is there.

As you can easily see:

Code:

semoi@darkstar:~$ ls .vimrc

.vimrc

semoi@darkstar:~$ ls -a *vim* 

/bin/ls: cannot access *vim*: No such file or directory

semoi@darkstar:~$

What is my mistake?

weibullguy

07-09-2011 12:09 PM

Filenames beginning with a dot aren't matched by a glob. You can use the dotglob option to make the match. Excecute --> shopt -s dotglob then try again.

stf92

07-09-2011 12:40 PM

I could have issued the command but instead I went first to the bash manual where I found the shopt builtin command with its -s option (set or enable) and the dotglob optname. Thanks a lot.

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