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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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IS or (WHEN IS) DUAL considered an X$ hidden table (file)?

This is in reference to Mark J. Bobak's last comment to his answer on: The magic of DUAL post Those are all standard columns in any X$ table. ADDR is the address, literally, the memory address where that particular row is mapped in the SGA. I…
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Hidden file/directory across all operating systems in Linux

I know how to hide files on each of the three major operating systems individually (Mac, Linux, Windows), but how would you hide a file or directory in Linux across all operating systems? Is it even possible?
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Unable to delete hidden files in Linux with Java

Environment: Linux Ubuntu 14.04LTS Java 1.7 Current code: String fileName = ".fileName"; try { java.io.File F = new java.io.File(fileName); java.io.RandomAccessFile RF = new…
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In OSX running oh-my-zsh creating alias for show and hide files with killall Finder wont work

Im attempting to create an alias for the show and hide of hidden files. I would really like to chain the rewrite with the finder kill into a single alias. I've created the 'aliases.zsh' file in the 'ZSH_CUSTOM' directory (which i'm only assuming is…
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Automator Command to Refresh ALL Finder/all Finder Windows

I'm using automator with applescript (no text, in finder) to toggle hidden folders on/off. I'm trying to do this without relaunching finder, so I just want to refresh every finder window. I want to apply the refresh to the entire finder/every…
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Files show as hidden in Visual Studio 2012

Hei, So we have a whole group of people working on the same project and every now and then some files show as hidden, you know the blank file icon like obj or bin. See my font and texture? They should be normal. So, I can see them in the folder…
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Comparing output of "find" command with dictionary words

I am trying to compare the output from a "find" file search with dictionary words in order to find specific hidden files. If the hidden file name is a dictionary word, I'd like to be prompted to delete it, if and only if it is a dictionary…
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How to show and hide a window in JavaFX 2?

Need to show an example in which you show and hide a window in JavaFX 2.
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File does not show on explorer, but VB.NET open it

My program write some files at the windows system path (C:\windows\syswow64...). One of this files, were deleted for test reason, we're changing something and we need to delete it. OK, there's no problem here, the file is gone(almost...). The…
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Can I remove symlinks without deleting the files?

I was following the Dotfiles exercises in the CLE MIT Missing Semester course and I messed up. I created a dotfiles directory and moved all the dotfiles in my home folder to that directory, then I ran the following code from dotfiles: for filename…
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Files 'dragged and dropped' into solution explorer in Visual Studio Community 2022 can't be tracked in git?

I wanted to try dragging and dropping files from Windows Explorer in to the Solution Explorer, and it seemed to work at first. However I realised after commiting and pushing my changes to git that I couldn't see any of the .cpp or .h files I dragged…
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jupyter_server 2.0 seems to break showHiddenFiles in JupyterLab

I am using JupyterLab with: jupyterlab=3.5.1 jupyter_server=1.23.3 and I have the following config: { // File Browser // @jupyterlab/filebrowser-extension:browser // File Browser settings. //…
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Tried to create a global .gitignore file while following a beginner YT video, but failed

There is a lot on .gitignore but not specifically to the issue I'm having at the point of creating/editing the file. I executed the git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global locally fine. However when I execute open…
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Mac Bash Script - Telling if a hidden folder is hidden or not

I'm using Mac OSX Lion and I would like to have a script that tells me if a directory is hidden or visible. the directory is .whatyoulookingatfool. This is what I have now... #!/bin/bash #Check for dir if test -d…
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How can I open .bash_profile without a command-line editor?

I am able to get to and edit my .bash_profile, but only using nano which lacks features I would like. How can I edit my .bash_profile in an external app, such as vscode? I am using Windows 10 and it won't show up in search or when I check "Hidden…
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