[ale] Need help with RE in egrep

[Mike Harrison]

Would using:

   find -type f

work for you?


On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Jim Lynch wrote:

> I've been using regular expressions for years, but sometimes I just
> can't find the right answer.  I'm trying to generate a list of files in
> a directory, excluding the top level hidden directories and files.
>
> I've tried the following and nothing seems to work.  Can someone please
> direct me to the right answer?
>
>   find . | egrep -v '^\.*' | more
>   find . | egrep -v '^\./\.*' | more
>   find . | egrep -v '^\.\/\.*' | more
>   find . | egrep -v '^\.\/\.*$' | more
>
> The output of file . is like
>
> ./file
> ./.hidden
>
> I didn't think I need to escape the slash but out of desperation I tried it.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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