Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:53:36 -0500 From: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx> To: Ertan Kucukoglu <ek@kalyonbilgisayar.com.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ls shows hidden files when used by root Message-ID: <1036047216.3dc0d3702e561@imp.hq.dyns.cx> In-Reply-To: <web-7011959@doruk.net.tr> References: <web-7011959@doruk.net.tr>
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Quoting Ertan Kucukoglu <ek@kalyonbilgisayar.com.tr>:
> Hi all,
>
> When I su to root or login as root from console. ls shows
> hidden files, too. No matter I use "ls -a" or "ls" result
> is same:
>
> [root@escalade ~]ls
> .ICEauthority .ncrecent a.out
> .Xauthority .pinerc book
> Is there a way to change this behaviour? I do not wish to
> see hidden files as root. When I need I could always use ls
> -a.
>
per 'man ls'
The following options are available:
-A List all entries except for . and ... Always set for the super-
user.
there is no listed option to hide dot files
sorry!
:)
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