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easy alias to show all files in OS X

by Jon H. Williams on 2015/08/28

From Ian Lunn:

… All I need do now is type showFiles and hideFiles whenever I need to show/hide OS X’s hidden files. Here’s how you can do it too.

How to set up an alias for AppleShowAllFiles. Edit ~/.bashrc:

alias showFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'
alias hideFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'

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