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And then you need to relaunch Finder!
So here's a complete solution: Open Terminal (in Utilities) and enter
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder(Replace YES with NO to undo the change.)
If you only need to see hidden files for a search, but don't want them always displayed, you can simply do a search in Finder and add hidden files as a search criteria:
