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A file that is normally not visible for the user, unless the user requires to show the hidden files. It is still accessible by name and path as any other file.

A file that is normally not visible for the user, unless the user requires to show the hidden files by turning a setting in file explorer or using additional switch with command line tools. It is still accessible by name and path as any other file.

Windows systems have a true hidden file attribute allowing to hide file having any name. Unix systems (like Linux) do not have such attribute and instead hides all files whose names start from dot (like .ssh). Unix command ls requires an -a switch to list such files and folders.

Hiding files may result more user friendly behavior but it is also a method to mask viruses and other exploits.

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How show hidden folder starting with a dot having a video file from android internal storage programatically?

I want to show a hidden folder having a video file in it. I know that a folder in Internal Storage is not really hidden, it is not shown by file managers having names starting with dot"." I am using Content Resolver and Media Store to fetch all the…
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Excel 365 Windows 10 how to prevent hidden files creation? cannot delete w/o Admin Right

How to prevent hidden files sometimes created by Excel 365? Following Document properties are identical to my Excel Workbooks: names same but prefixed with '~'. location same How to remove these files listed by cmd-dir but not found by cmd-del?…
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How to find hidden files of git repository in Terminal of VSCode on Windows

So, I am cloning the git repo to the folder, and I want to check if there is a hidden file in that folder such as .git. And I found a command that will show all the files in the folder: ls -la. But, I tried to write the ls -la command in the…
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How to make a file hidden in python

I want to make my txt file hidden cross platform,but everything I found didn't work for me. Can someone help me in my situation please. file = open("helloworld.txt","a") file.write("HELLO WORLD") file.close() return so thats a simple version of my…
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How filter specific hidden 'dot' file with rsync?

I'm trying to tell rsync to ignore my ~/.cache directory, but it doesn't want to listen. How do I filter a specific dot filename with rsync? Here, for example, is an attempt to copy nothing but ~/.cache. It also fails. First, see the size of my…
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How to Un-Hide Rows and Columns in Excel files and Concatenate them in Pandas Data Frame?

I have a lot of Excel files(10,000) with hidden columns and rows and I want to put them in one big Data Frame but the problem is in Data Frame I can not see those hidden columns and rows. I tried import openpyxl wb =…
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Create tar file on mac but exclude hidden files

Im using a Mac, trying to create a tarfile which exludes all hidden files (e.g. .file) I've tried the following, but each time it includes hidden files: tar --exclude='.*' -czvf test.tgz . tar --exclude='.[^/]*' -czvf test.tgz . Can anyone tell…
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Downloading Hidden file and Viewing it in an UIWebView

I am Downloading a file from service into the iPhone of type txt and I view the file into a UIWebview that works perfectly. But when I set the file attribute hidden on the server before I Download it, the UIWebview can't load the file, on the…
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C# Read file in ftp when this file start with dot "." (hidden Files)

I need read file in ftp, but this file start with a "." (hidden Files), for exemple .teste.txt. I tried read this file using this code: FtpWebRequest reqFTP; reqFTP = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://" + strFTP + ":" + strPorta +…
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How can I check if hidden files exist?

Adobe has the option to download fonts, which is a problem for us in our industry. I found the location for those files and now I want to create a Jamf Smart group to check if fonts have been downloaded. The file location is…
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How to customize which patterns bash treats as "hidden" files/directories

In Unix systems, files and directories that begin with . are "hidden". Microsoft Office creates temporary files that begin with ~$, such as ~$Unnamed_document.docx. I would like to make bash – and especially ls – treat these files as hidden files,…
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display all hidden files in the current directory not in the parent directory

I need to display all hidden files in the current directory but I dont want to see hidden files in the parent directory. I used echo command for it but so far I cant get rid of hidden files in parent directory. My code is: echo $(ls .*…
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How to Let Delphi SelectDirectory Show Hidden Directory and Files?

I am using Delphi XE3. When invoking SelectionDirectory, as below: Dir := ''; SelectDirectory(Dir, [], 0); I find the pop up "Select Directory" dialog will not show hidden folders and files. Is there a way to show them? THanks
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Is there an argument for copyfile that will change the hidden property?

I have a database that writes data into a copied excel template. The template is hidden to keep the end user from tampering with it, however the final result is also hidden. Is there a way to change the hidden property when saving the new…
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vb.net runs gpg.exe step of job runs ok from PC but not from SQL Server Agent schedule

Everything worked great from my Visual Studio on my PC running this from the Start button. When I build the executable and copied the executable to the production box and scheduled the job via SQL Server Agent on the production machine – everything…
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