Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 10:42:53 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net>, Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hidden File Message-ID: <00052910433007.00361@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <392FD96C.EFEE0170@charm.net>
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-To view hidden files you need to use "ls -al" instead of "ls -l" -Read the man pages for more details On Sun, 28 May 2000, Dutch Collins wrote: > Alex Kwan wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > How to view and edit a hidden file and > > make a normal file to be a hidden file? > > > > Thanks > > If you mean a file such as, .profile then the following may be a good > method. > > 1) emacs .profile > > 2) The concept of hidden file in UNIX is not the same as MS products. > Do the following, man ls > > I would try to be more lucid when asking a question like this. > > -d > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Stuff n. -trappings, essence, junk, things, gear | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | My site full of Stuff : http://www.charm.net/~dutch | > | #2 e-mail [servers do crash] : 2quasimoto@netscape.net | > | | > |$Id: overly-complex-sig.txt,v 1.0 2000/05/22 18:09:00 dutch Exp $ | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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