list files but not directory
ann kok
oiyankok at yahoo.ca
Sun Aug 23 19:07:01 UTC 2009
> >
> > ]$ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name '.*'
> > or,
> > ]$ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -regex '^.*/\..*'
> > or,
> > ]$ ls -hl | grep ^-
> >
This works fine
but there is ./file as result
How can remove ./ in the command also?
> > And I am sure there are a dozen seperate perl
> solutions out there!
> >
> Any of those would make a good function with a name that is
> easy to
> remember so you don't have to remember the complicated
> command.
>
> > And on and on. Count the learning curves and
> side issues involved for
> > someone who just wants to see some text file that they
> wrote and saved
> > and that has seemed to 'disappear'. That kind of
> thing happens at the
> > start all the time.
> >
> > Let me tell you about unnecessary learning
> curves. About 5 years ago,
> > when I installed Linux for the first time, I
> tentatively began to
> > explore the Gnome desktop and menu.
>
> God, I have been at this longer then I thought. My use of
> Linux
> predates the Gnome desktop...
>
> > I saw Vi(m) -- a text editor.
> > Thinking of M$ NotePad, I opened Vim in order to make
> my first notes to
> > myself about this new operating system. I
> couldn't write a word (I
> > didn't know about insert mode) and, determined not to
> solve problems by
> > just rebooting, it took me 4 -- let me repeat -- four
> hours to get out
> > of Vim. (Who would of thunk of escaping to normal mode
> and inputing a
> > ':' to get to a command line.)
> >
> Yes, you should never try to use vi for the first time
> without a
> cheat sheet! For that matter, I normally set EDITOR so I
> get the
> editor of my choice by default instead of vi. (Another
> thing new
> users do not know about...)
>
> > Most new users have already spent a considerable
> amount of time trying
> > to do the simplest thing before posting on users help
> list for the first
> > time out of fear of looking really really
> stupid. Suggesting stuff like
> > "]$ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name '.*'" or
> "'ls -hl | grep ^-'
> > just leaves their brains reeling. Particularly when
> they are in the
> > midst of trying to figure out how 10 to 20 other
> things work.
> >
> Yes, it would be better to give an explanation along with
> the
> command. Some people do this better, and more consistently
> then others.
>
> Mikkel
> --
>
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
>
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