On Monday 22 January 2007 15:07, Dave Stevens wrote: > I've tried to copy files from my home folder to do a disk upgrade. I > foolishly only copied the visible (non-dot) files. Now I'd like to copy > only the . files (recursively) but don't see what the syntax is. Anyone? In case the filenames of the dot files have a length of 3 or more you can use: cp .??* target Regards, Till
