On Dec 17 16:46, Steven Penny wrote: > Compare Cygwin: > > $ ls -1 -N /cygdrive/c > $Recycle.Bin > cygwin64 > Documents and Settings > pagefile.sys > PerfLogs > Program Files > Program Files (x86) > ProgramData > Recovery > System Volume Information > Users > Windows > > With Command Prompt: > > > dir /A:-S C: > 2018-12-08 10:14 AM cygwin64 > 2009-07-13 09:20 PM PerfLogs > 2018-12-15 06:05 PM Program Files > 2018-12-15 05:21 PM Program Files (x86) > 2018-10-31 06:07 PM ProgramData > 2018-11-18 01:10 AM Users > 2018-11-09 08:18 AM Windows > > as can be seen, Command Prompt has a way to exclude System items. Does Cygwin > have some way to do this, perhaps with "ls" or "find"? You're asking POSIX tools to recognize DOS attributes... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer