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Getting stat (ls or cp) of hidden files

I have a folder with a .tmux.conf file under source control, and I would like to copy that file over to ~. Here is an ls of that:

ubuntu@ip-172-180:~$ ls -alh .vim/others
total 12K
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4.0K May  2 19:05 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 ubuntu ubuntu 4.0K May  2 19:05 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu  706 May  2 19:05 .tmux.conf

However, when I do ls on that directory, I get nothing:

ubuntu@ip-172-30-1-180:~$ ls .vim/others/*
ls: cannot access '.vim/others/*': No such file or directory

Same with cp:

ubuntu@ip-172-30-1-180:~$ cp .vim/others/* .
cp: cannot stat '.vim/others/*': No such file or directory

Is there some additional parameter I have to add when copying over dot files?

Solution

  • check this command

    ls -ld .[!.]*

ls -ld .vim/others/[!.]*