Difference between revisions of "Important hidden .dot files in your home partition"

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==Deleting ALL <.dot> directories/files from your ~/==

{{Warning|~~USE THE FOLLOWING~~ '''~~VERY CAREFULLY~~''', ~~AS IT <u>WILL DELETE</u> ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.}}~~

{{Warning|Use the following method '''very carefully''', as it will delete all hidden <.Dot> files inside of whichever directory it is used!}}

~~With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have~~ all ~~of the important~~ hidden <.~~dot~~> files ~~& directories backed up into a different~~ directory ~~in the /home partition (though off of the machine~~ is ~~the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal.~~

{{tip|To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory, from inside of the Terminal, hold down the <Shift Key> & then hit the <~ key>, found in the top left area of your keyboard.}}

~~The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:~~

~~{{tip|To be sure that you are~~ in ~~your ~/ directory~~, ~~from inside~~ of the ~~Terminal, hold down the~~ <~~Shift Key~~> & ~~then hit~~ the <~~~ key~~>~~, found~~ in the ~~top left area~~ of ~~your keyboard~~.}}

With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have all of the important hidden <.dot> files & directories backed up into a different directory in the /home partition (though off of the machine is the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal. The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:

sudo rm –rf .??*

The option '''–rf''' & the use of '''.??*''' will delete all hidden files & directories.

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 ==Deleting ALL <.dot> directories/files from your ~/==
-{{Warning|USE THE FOLLOWING '''VERY CAREFULLY''', AS IT <u>WILL DELETE</u> ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.}}
+{{Warning|Use the following method '''very carefully''', as it will delete all hidden <.Dot> files inside of whichever directory it is used!}}
-With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have all of the important hidden <.dot> files & directories backed up into a different directory in the /home partition (though off of the machine is the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal.
+{{tip|To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory, from inside of the Terminal, hold down the <Shift Key> & then hit the <~ key>, found in the top left area of your keyboard.}}
-The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:
-{{tip|To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory, from inside of the Terminal, hold down the <Shift Key> & then hit the <~ key>, found in the top left area of your keyboard.}}
+With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have all of the important hidden <.dot> files & directories backed up into a different directory in the /home partition (though off of the machine is the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal. The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:
   sudo rm –rf .??*
 The option '''–rf''' & the use of '''.??*''' will delete all hidden files & directories.