[Gllug] Defining 'hidden' file types in nautilus ?

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 09:17:57PM +0000, Rob Crowther wrote:
> On 03/01/11 16:52, general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering if nautilus had any user configurable provision for not
> > displaying files based on their type/filename/extension.
> 
> ls *.pyc >> .hidden

Think you meant echo, not ls.  You should quote the wildard, as in

  echo '*.pyc' >> .hidden

If you don't quote and you happen to have a file matching the wildcard
in the current working directory, you won't achieve quite the effect you
had intended.

-- 
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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