On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 07:23:22PM -0500, ktb wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Shel Johnson wrote:
> > Ok, here's a dumb one.. How do you find a file directory that starts with
> > a dot?.. Are they hidden?.. I know the location is: /home/shel/.netscape ,
> > but when I look for it, all I see is: /home/shel .. Does that make any
> > sense??...
> > 
> 
> As far as I know there are no directories starting with a "."  In order
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                           Huh? I'll bet you a pizza there are...


> to find a dot file use this command --
> ls -a <directory>
> 
> Just --
> ls -a 
> in the current directory.
> 
> Take a look at the "ls" man page for other useful stuff.
> 
> you could also use --
> locate .netscape
> 
> hth,
> kent
> 
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