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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2006 13:44:53 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: showing hidden files by default
Message-ID:  <44mzdov4kq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> (Robert Davison's message of "Thu, 11 May 2006 18:20:30 %2B0100 (BST)")
References:  <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with
> no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1
> roduction and when logging in as root am able to see
> (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this
> normal, or is there something that I need to change to
> ensuer that the (.) files stay hidden unless i use ls -a

It's normal: see the entry for the "-A" option in the ls(1) manual.



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