Two simple questions
What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 08:51:13AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? If you're referring to dot files, then the following will show them: ls -a If that is too tedious, then an alias in your shell's RC file can sort that out (e.g. for /bin/sh: alias ls='ls -a'). - Russell ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Saturday 24 December 2005 06:51, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. 1) ls -A(see man ls) 2) if you use the standard csh shell try ll (see .cshrc) -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Assuming you use ls(1) to display your files the command would be ``ls -a'' as explained in the the manual page. Depending on your shell you can create an alias for the ls command which includes the -a option every time. For sh you can edit $HOME/.profile to include a line as alias ls=ls -a For csh you can edit $HOME/.cshrc to include a line as alias ls ls -l -- Martin P. Hansen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. You should specify if you mean at the command line or in knoqueror (which you mentioned in another post). From the command line use ls -a or la in the default csh install. In konqueror use view-show hidden files. You cannot unhide a hidden dot-file without renaming it. Renaming it will make it impossible for the programs that use the file to find it. HTH, Micah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
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. You should specify if you mean at the command line or in knoqueror (which you mentioned in another post). From the command line use ls -a or la in the default csh install. In konqueror use view-show hidden files. You cannot unhide a hidden dot-file without renaming it. Renaming it will make it impossible for the programs that use the file to find it. HTH, Micah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Saturday 24 December 2005 06:51, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. 1) ls -A (see man ls) 2) if you use the standard csh shell try ll (see .cshrc) -Mike Thanks. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 08:51:13AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? If you're referring to dot files, then the following will show them: ls -a If that is too tedious, then an alias in your shell's RC file can sort that out (e.g. for /bin/sh: alias ls='ls -a'). - Russell Thank you. I find nothing tedious in typing a '-a'. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Assuming you use ls(1) to display your files the command would be ``ls -a'' as explained in the the manual page. Depending on your shell you can create an alias for the ls command which includes the -a option every time. For sh you can edit $HOME/.profile to include a line as alias ls=ls -a For csh you can edit $HOME/.cshrc to include a line as alias ls ls -l -- Martin P. Hansen Thank you for such a detailed info. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. You should specify if you mean at the command line or in knoqueror (which you mentioned in another post). From the command line use ls -a or la in the default csh install. In konqueror use view-show hidden files. You cannot unhide a hidden dot-file without renaming it. Renaming it will make it impossible for the programs that use the file to find it. HTH, Micah Thank you. I need to think differently than windoze, but I have to learn how. Sort of apologizing. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Saturday 24 December 2005 08:37, Teilhard Knight wrote: On Saturday 24 December 2005 06:51, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. 1) ls -A (see man ls) 2) if you use the standard csh shell try ll (see .cshrc) -Mike Thanks. Teilhard welcome -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
