filesguihidden-files
I wanted to add classpath to my JDK. While searching a way to do it I noticed everyone open .profile file using terminal. But when I want to open and edit it with a text editor I couldn't see that file in Home folder.
Can someone tell me why is this. And also if possible how can I access .profile in home folder the GUI way.
xdg-open file.dvi
xdg-open will open any file with its default application. As a bonus, you can close the terminal without killing the application.
Since xdg-open is quite a long name, I put an alias for it in .bashrc:
alias open='xdg-open'
Maximize the folder.
Go to the top menu -->View->Show hidden files:
Or by pressing ctrl + H.
For permanently showing hidden files, you can go to the Edit>Preferences menu item as shown below:
With the terminal you should:
cd /path-of-directory
ls -a
Best Answer
GUI way to show a hidden file or folder
Hidden files and folder have names that start with a . (dot character). To toggle show/hide hidden files or folders use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H.