On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 03:16:46PM +1100, Matthew Percival wrote: > G'Day, > > > "How do you make grep search for a keyword in just the current > > directory, including hidden files?" > > $ grep <pattern> * .* You want something like .??* otherwise that'll match ../ as well. > grep will always search just the current directory, unless you use the > -r/-R option. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/