Linux Question
Command to list all files except . (dot) and .. (dot dot) - Linux
I'm trying to find a command that would list all files (including hidden files), but must exclude the current directory and parent directory. Please help.
$ ls -a \.\..
Answer
Read ls(1) documentation. At least, take the habit of trying
ls --help
You'll get something starting with:
Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --all do not ignore entries starting with .
-A, --almost-all do not list implied . and ..
--author with -l, print the author of each file
-b, --escape print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters
etc....
You want
ls -A
Source (Stackoverflow)