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greythorne 03-16-2005 08:20 AM
how to prevent listing hidden files from been shown?
 
hi when i do "ls" in a terminal i get all the hidden files in my home listed now how do prevent it so that no-hidden files are shown and when i do "ls -a" it will show the hidden files as well?

thnx

win32sux 03-16-2005 08:39 AM
ls without any options should not display hidden files, AFAIK...

check in your ~/.bachrc file to make sure there isn't an alias set for ls which is giving it the "-a" option...

Code:
cat ~/.bashrc | grep ls

greythorne 03-16-2005 08:46 AM
i couldn't find anything that says about ls.

thnx

abisko00 03-16-2005 08:47 AM
AFAIK only root will get hidden files with 'ls'. This behaviour is defined in /etc/bash.bashrc:
Code:
# ls color option depends on the terminal
# If LS_COLROS is set but empty, the terminal has no colors.
#
if test "${LS_COLORS+empty}" = "${LS_COLORS:+empty}" ; then
    LS_OPTIONS=--color=tty
else
    LS_OPTIONS=--color=none
fi
if test "$UID" = 0 ; then
    LS_OPTIONS="-a -N $LS_OPTIONS -T 0"
else
    LS_OPTIONS="-N $LS_OPTIONS -T 0"
fi
So either you do not work as root ;) or look if your /etc/bash.bashrc or .bashrc is different.

whansard 03-16-2005 08:49 AM
run the command
alias
and all aliases will be shown.
unalias ls
is a quick fix that will only work for that login session

perfect_circle 03-16-2005 09:01 AM
when putting \ before a command, then the real command is executed and not the existing allias.
SO
Code:
\ls
will run the real ls command.
To permantly fix it do what the others told you.
If you are running as root all the time, stop doing it....


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