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Created May 16, 2011 21:27
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Shell script to toggle invisible files in Finder.
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showinvisibles.sh
#!/bin/bash
STATUS=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles`
if [ "$STATUS" = TRUE ]; then
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
else
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
fi
# Relaunch the Finder
killall Finder
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mminer commented Nov 1, 2011

Works great when you alias the script to a command like si.

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