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AppleScript: Toggle visibility of hidden files and folders in Finder
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Toggle Hidden Files.scpt
-- Place this in ~/Library/Scripts to make it available in the AppleScript menu.
do shell script ¬
(POSIX path of ((path to me as text) & "::")) ¬
& "toggleHiddenFiles.sh"
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toggleHiddenFiles.sh
# Place this in ~/Library/Scripts along with "Toggle Hidden Files.scpt".
# If this is to be used from a shell, make a symlink to this file from some directory in PATH
[[ $(defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles) = 1 ]] && b=false || b=true
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool $b
killall Finder
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