Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:59:57 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBDS" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Two simple questions Message-ID: <030101c608ab$788a57c0$210110ac@fortunato> References: <200512241614.jBOGE5ww013572@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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>> Teilhard Knight wrote: >> > What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to >> > unhide them? >> > >> > Teilhard. > > Micah's response is correct, but just an additional comment. > In FreeBSD UNIX, there are really no 'hidden' files. They are > all just files with names in a specific style - in most cases that > means they start with a dot (.). They are no different than other > file names as far as UNIX is concerned. They are no 'hidden' to > keep you from seeing them or doing things with them as in MS. > > But, because most of the time you do not want to waste display time > or space looking at those file names when you list files, many utilities > such as ls do not show then by default - they skip over them. In almost > all cases, to get those utilities to show them in their listings, you > just need to use a flag on the command - the -a flag in the case of ls. Thanks. One has to learn how to detatch oneself from Windows, huh? Teilhard.
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