On Thursday, May 04, 2017 01:45:30 AM Bob McGowan wrote: > On 05/03/2017 07:44 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
... > >> On my (Wheezy) system, I tried that, i.e.: > >> > >> > >> echo find /home/<my_username> -type d -name .* > >> > >> and > >> > >> echo find /home/<my_username> -type d -name '.*' > >> > >> and, in both cases, I got the same result: > >> > >> find /home/<my_username> -type d -name .* > >> Any clarification will be welcomed! > > What directory were you in when you ran the command? If you were in > your home directory, the .* should have expanded into ". .. <and every > .file and .directory>", if you were in some other directory you might > only see the ". .." (dot dotdot). Thanks, that clarifies it! I was not in my home directory. Now, trying the same thing in my home directory, I see the difference! > When I ran it in my home directory, I saw everything from .ICEauthority > to .xsession-errors.
