List only hidden files with ls command

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by linux

We all know how to list non-hidden and hidden files with ls command on shell. However I could not find out how to list only hidden files ( starting with “.” ) with only ls command. One, but not complete solution could by to using TAB key. For example ls . and pressing 2xTAB will [...]

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Extract STDERR and redirect STDOUT to /dev/null with bash

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by linux

I always keep forgetting this bash syntax redirection. This is because of my short memory and also because I do not use it often. In many cases we need to remove a STDERR from the command output and keep only STDOUT. On the other hand there are times that we want to see STDERR and [...]

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