chmod problem

[James Wilkinson]

Alf-Ivar Holm wrote:
> As the ".*" is expanded by the shell, you can get the list of files
> given to chmod by issuing "echo .*" in the same directory. Your
> assumption about sorting is right (at least if you were using
> bash(1)).

FWIW, what the Original Poster probably wanted was the shopt -s dotglob
command, which makes the shell expand * to include everything beginning
with a dot *except* "." and "..".

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-July/msg05222.html

James.

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