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Linux / Unix: Bash Find Matching All Dot Files

by Vivek Gite on September 14, 2011 · 4 comments

A dot-file is generally any file whose name begins with a full stop. In Linux or Unix like operating system it is also called as hidden file. How do I list all dot files in my home directory?

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Linux / UNIX List User Dot-Files

by Vivek Gite on August 26, 2009 · 5 comments

How do I list only user dot-files from $HOME under UNIX and Linux operating systems? How do I ensure that user Dot-Files are not World-writable?

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Explain Linux / UNIX dot-files

by Vivek Gite on December 13, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. Can you tell me more about dot-files that shell and many UNIX command reads?

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