On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 01:12:09PM -0600, Kim Lux (Mr.) wrote: > I use a number of tools that generate backup files ie "filename~" > > I'd love to have them treated as hidden files so that I don't have to > see them when I'm ls ing dirs and looking on my desktop. $ man ls .... -B, --ignore-backups do not list implied entries ending with ~ .... As for "looking on desktop" that I do not know. :-) M.