Editing a hidden text file

[tirwit]

Hi

I want to edit my .bash_profile to add a PATH. But how do I open the file with the text editor if it's hidden? (yes, I'm a n00b 😕)

 

[spinnerlys]

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mac+os+x+show+hidden+files&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

leads to Terminal > defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

 

[robbieduncan]

Are you sure it even exists? Anyway open Terminal and type:

ls -l ~/.bash_profile

If it does exist then

open -a TextEdit.app ~/.bash_profile

will open it in TextEdit.

 

[tirwit]

No need 🙂 i discovered right after =P

open -a