How to see hidden files on HSierra?

[camelia]

Hello,

what is the command that I have to type in terminal to see hidden files on macOS High Sierra?

Thanks
Came

 

[MacDawg]

Why not just use the Command / Shift / Period (.) keys?

 

[camelia]

Why not just use the Command / Shift / Period (.) keys?

I know that way but I want to learn, so is there any command?

Thanks
Came

 

[shafez]

Very good article

https://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/

 

[casperes1996]

what is the command that I have to type in terminal to see hidden files on macOS High Sierra?

The Terminal doesn't hide files at all. If you do a listing (ls) it'll show all files, including the hidden ones. ls -a to also show things like . and ..
If you mean to reveal the hidden files for the Finder, well, @MacDawg also revealed an easier method, but, if you wish to do it via the shell, it's chmod unhidden if I remember correctly. Check the man page for chmod if it's wrong, cause it's something like that. – If the file you want to see starts with a . that's another way of hiding it, so to unhide that, just rename it to something that doesn't have a . in front of it.

I should mention that unlike the other responses, my method is on a per file basis

 

[MacDawg]

This should work with two separate commands in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

killall Finder​

To restore do the same with TRUE changed to FALSE