/bin/ls vs .dotted files

[Dan Cross]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:34 PM, sad at bestmx.ru <sad at bestmx.ru> wrote:
> Dan Cross пишет:
>>>> who says these dot files should be hidden anyway?
>>>
>>> shell *-expantion said that.
>>
>> Using what shell?
>
> /bin/bash /bin/sh /bin/csh
>
> (from a Dfly installation)

You miss the point.

The wildcard-expansion behavior you are observing is a convention (and
possibly specified by, e.g., POSIX).  That does not imply that it is
either universal or even a good idea.

        - Dan C.