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Making ls aware of "hidden" file flag

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Mar 15, 20266941 views
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Problem

Is it possible to make aware of the file flag on Mac OS X? Currently, a simple produces: So we have three kinds of visibility: regular, visible files, files with the file flag, that aren't actually hidden in Terminal, and really hidden files whose names start with a dot. Is there a way, e.g. using …

Error Output

$ ls -lO
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@  84 danielbeck  staff  -      2856 29 Mai 22:44 Applications
drwx------+ 158 danielbeck  staff  -      5372 29 Mai 15:27…

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Fix for: Making ls aware of "hidden" file flag

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These are the steps to get an OS X which hides files with the hidden flag unless the option is specified, similar to dot files. Install Xcode. I am using Xcode 4.5.1 below. Download your OS release's and from http://www.opensource.apple.com. There's…

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