command to copy hidden files?
Till Maas
opensource at till.name
Tue Jan 23 16:15:02 UTC 2007
On Monday 22 January 2007 15:07, Dave Stevens wrote:
> I've tried to copy files from my home folder to do a disk upgrade. I
> foolishly only copied the visible (non-dot) files. Now I'd like to copy
> only the . files (recursively) but don't see what the syntax is. Anyone?
In case the filenames of the dot files have a length of 3 or more you can use:
cp .??* target
Regards,
Till
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