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    Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Hi is there a command from the terminal that will show hidden files in the folders? I know about CTRL+H and ls from terminal but i would like to know if there is a command that does the same as ctrl+h from the terminal that shows/hides hidden files/folders?

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Try

    Code:
    ls -a

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Hello
    ls -a

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Nono guys many thanks but what i want is to type a command in the terminal and go to the folder and see it has shown hidden files

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    You go to folders with the cd command

    for example

    Code:
     cd Desktop  #relative path, works when you are in your home folder
    Code:
    cd ~/Desktop  # absolute path, works always
    or
    Code:
     cd /home/$USER/Desktop  # absolute path, works always
    and then you run
    Code:
    ls -a
    or long output
    Code:
    ls -la
    You can also use path with the ls command, for example

    Code:
    ls -la ~
    to list all files and folders including the hidden ones in your home directory.
    Last edited by sudodus; October 29th, 2013 at 01:46 PM.

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Hi, but i do not want to list the contents in the terminal i just would like to type a command in the terminal so that when i click back on my folder it has done the same as CTRL+H. I just want to add a custom script to thunar so i can right click any folder and select show/hide files/folders

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Well, that is another thing

    I think it is hard to make something that is easier than ctrl+H. If you don't want to use the keyboard, there is an entry in a pull-down menu to toggle listing hidden files.

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    Quote Originally Posted by adec2 View Post
    Hi, but i do not want to list the contents in the terminal i just would like to type a command in the terminal so that when i click back on my folder it has done the same as CTRL+H. I just want to add a custom script to thunar so i can right click any folder and select show/hide files/folders
    Don't know why you want to but for nautilus.....
    Code:
    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files true

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    i'll have to look into this further. The gsettings command didnt automatically show hidden files either

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    Re: Make hidden files appear in folder from terminal?

    If you are using thunar as mentioned in post #6 then gsettings / dconf won't help you afaik

    There is a somewhat parallel settings mechanism called xfconf, it shows a parameter called /last-show-hidden

    Code:
    $ xfconf-query -c thunar -l
    /last-details-view-column-widths
    /last-details-view-zoom-level
    /last-icon-view-zoom-level
    /last-separator-position
    /last-show-hidden
    /last-view
    /misc-single-click
    /misc-thumbnail-mode
    /tree-icon-emblems
    /tree-icon-size
    If you monitor it while toggling thunar's hidden file visibility (via Ctrl-H or the View->Show Hidden Files checkbox) it appears to be the relevant parameter

    Code:
    $ xfconf-query -c thunar -p /last-show-hidden -m
    Start monitoring channel "thunar":
    
    set: /last-show-hidden
    set: /last-show-hidden
    set: /last-show-hidden
    set: /last-show-hidden
    but although setting it seems to be allowed e.g.
    Code:
    xfconf-query -c thunar -p /last-show-hidden -s true
    it does not change the active display i.e. it seems to just be a record of the 'last' toggle event as indicated by its name, rather than an actively updateable setting like the dconf/gsettings equivalent.

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