how do display only hidden files in unix?

Answer Posted / shardul

ls -a
output will give all the files name that are starting with a (.) dot in starting
this gives the hidden file in the directory where u are exactly present
if you are present in another directory & you want to get the name of hidden file in another directory simply use command
ls -a (name of directory/file u want)

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