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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2001 02:03:12 +0200
From:      "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>
To:        "Jason Hunt" <jason.hunt@niicommunications.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ls listing hidden files
Message-ID:  <001801c0e3e4$ecc5ab80$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de>
References:  <3B0C31EC.6F653E55@niicommunications.com>

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Hi Jason,

> on 4.2 release that I am using, when I type ls, it is displaying
> the hidden files.  I did not set up an alias for this, so I am
> not sure why it is behaving this way.  Anyway to get this back to
> normal?  Thanks in advance.

Are you logged in as root? Then this behaviour is normal. You should create
an normal user account for everydays work.
If you are already logged in as a normal user, type

alias

at the command prompt. Look for lines which will change the default
behaviour of ls.

Ciao
Siegbert


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