copying files

[Patrick Hertel]

In article <3658 at jaytee.East.Sun.COM> msf at rotary.Central.Sun.COM (Mike Fischbein) writes:
>
>To list all the .* files except for . and .. why not use the standard
>ls option -A, viz:
>
>ls -Ad .*
>

   1) -A is not "standard" at least not on our IRIX machines

   2) -A lists . and .. on our suns despite what man purports
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