Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?)

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?)
Date	2021-05-06 16:50 +0200
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On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 02:37:17PM +0000, davidson wrote:
> > $ shopt -s globstar
> > $ ls /etc/**/.[^.]*
> 
> It now occurs to me that this still omits files like /etc/.a and
> /etc/..metadotfile

It doesn't omit .a .  The * is allowed to match the empty string.

> Instead,
> 
>  $ ls /etc/**/.{.?,[^.]}*
> 
> does what I intend, which is to display all dotfiles under /etc. Seems
> unduly complicated if you ask me, but it is what it is.

find /etc -type f -name '.*'

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repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 08:20 +0200
  Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-05-04 10:10 +0200
    Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 10:20 +0200
    Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-04 11:20 +0200
      Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 00:50 +0200
      Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2021-05-05 03:10 +0200
        Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 03:20 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 03:40 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 04:40 +0200
          Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 04:40 +0200
            Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 04:50 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 05:10 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 05:20 +0200
            Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 13:30 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 16:00 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-05-08 09:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-09 05:10 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-05 17:40 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 18:00 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-05 18:10 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-05 21:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-06 05:30 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-05-06 04:50 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-06 16:00 +0200
                OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock  ?) davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-06 16:40 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-07 06:30 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-07 09:40 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-05-07 10:50 +0200
                Re: OT: dotfile generalities (was Re: repeated system mail,  /etc/.pwd.lock ?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-07 11:20 +0200
              Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-09 06:20 +0200
                Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ? Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-05-09 12:00 +0200

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