[Tutor] ls *.py[co] >> .hidden

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 03:54:20PM +0100, Bod Soutar wrote:

> ls *.pyc *.pso >> .hidden
> 
> should work
[...]
> As this adds specific results of ls you will need to schedule the
> command through cron to get it to automatically add new files

Yes, but that's the point isn't it? If Nautilus understands regular 
expressions, then instead of listing every single .pyc file by name, 
potentially thousands of them, you just need a single entry:

.*pyc

to hide *every* .pyc file. Or use .*py[co] for .pyc and .pyo files.

If Nautilus *doesn't* understand regular expressions, well, that's just 
another example of why Gnome is not good enough for serious work.

This suggests that Nautilus doesn't accept wildcards:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1730696



-- 
Steve