query: Why are . and .. are output as a hidden files when we do ls -a?
positive_passages.docid: 58554
positive_passages.text: What do "." and ".." mean when in a folder?
negative_passages.docid: 107114
negative_passages.text: + or @ mark after running 'ls -al'
negative_passages.docid: 11436
negative_passages.text: Why does `ls -l` count more files than me?
negative_passages.docid: 17384
negative_passages.text: Output from ls has newlines but displays on a single line. Why?
negative_passages.docid: 22136
negative_passages.text: How can I protect parentheses passed to a cd command?
negative_passages.docid: 13740
negative_passages.text: How to show only hidden files in Terminal?
negative_passages.docid: 44772
negative_passages.text: Why `ls -d` only demonstrate `.`?
negative_passages.docid: 139925
negative_passages.text: Usage of \[InvisibleApplication] and other related invisible characters
negative_passages.docid: 142748
negative_passages.text: Strange behaviour of "ls -a | grep ^\."
negative_passages.docid: 8402
negative_passages.text: How can I hide directories or files without changing their names?
negative_passages.docid: 153520
negative_passages.text: colouring output of ls according to file extension
negative_passages.docid: 42902
negative_passages.text: Why does the name of a source file affect compilation?
negative_passages.docid: 138827
negative_passages.text: How do I search all hidden files that are in hidden folders using Terminal?
negative_passages.docid: 32952
negative_passages.text: How can I make ls show information about the directory specified only, not info about its sub-files or folder contents?
negative_passages.docid: 86391
negative_passages.text: Why are non-environment variables passed to the subshell invoqued by command substitution?
negative_passages.docid: 76916
negative_passages.text: why does tar . see hidden files but ls . does not?
negative_passages.docid: 146472
negative_passages.text: How do I interpret the results of the `ls -l` command?