Enter the following command line and you will be shown all the hidden files in the location you selected!
dir /adha
This will show you all the hidden files, in this case in the C:/ drive. There are a few other keywords that you can use with the -dir- command when looking for specific information. They are all to be used in a similar way:
/ a - this will only show you the hidden folders. / ad - this will show you all the directories. / ah - this only shows the hidden files. / adh - gives you all information combined
with the command dir /? you can find out more options
You can browse the hidden files in a folder in the root folder of the drive by adding the name of that folder to the cd command. Example: cd C: \ Programs. Once in that particular folder, type / copy the following command and hit Enter:
In order to list files hidden from any directory, you can also use the complete path with the appropriate placeholder for filtering !
Example-1: Search * .page * files in drive C:
C:\Users\hrg> dir c:\*page* /a
You can use placeholders for filtering in order to list hidden files in entire sub-folders with corresponding criteria.
All you have to do is add the parameter / s at the end
C:\Users\hrg> dir c:\*page* /a /s
Experiment a little to familiarize yourself with this useful function. With the command dir /? you can find out more options!
to dir /?
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.176]
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C:\Users\Nenad>dir /?
Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving
S System files I Not content indexed files
L Reparse Points O Offline files
- Prefix meaning not
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the
default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order
/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/R Display alternate data streams of the file.
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
/W Uses wide list format.
/X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.
/4 Displays four-digit years
Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.
C:\Users\Nenad>
If you start the terminal APP, the directory will not be taken over by the higher-level program, application, process This is the standard setting in the
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