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Do you occasionally share your Linux desktop machine with family members, friends or perhaps with colleagues at your workplace, then you have a reason to hide certain private files as well as folders or directories. The question is how can you do this? In this tutorial, we will explain an easy and effective way to hide files and directories and view hidden files/directories in Linux from the terminal and GUI. As we’ll see below, hiding files and directories in Linux is so simple. How to Hide Files and Directories in Linux To hide a file or directory from the terminal, simply append a dot  .  at the start of its name as follows using the  mv command . $ ls $ mv mv sync.ffs_db .sync.ffs_db $ ls Hide File in Linux Terminal Using GUI method, the same idea applies here, just rename the file by adding a  .  at the start of its name as shown below. Hide File in Linux Using File Manager Once you have renamed it, the file will still be seen, move...

Do you occasionally share your Linux desktop machine with family members, friends or perhaps with colleagues at your workplace, then you have a reason to hide certain private files as well as folders or directories. The question is how can you do this? In this tutorial, we will explain an easy and effective way to hide files and directories and view hidden files/directories in Linux from the terminal and GUI. As we’ll see below, hiding files and directories in Linux is so simple. How to Hide Files and Directories in Linux To hide a file or directory from the terminal, simply append a dot . at the start of its name as follows using the mv command . $ ls $ mv mv sync.ffs_db .sync.ffs_db $ ls Using GUI method, the same idea applies here, just rename the file by adding a . at the start of its name as shown below. Once you have renamed it, the file will still be seen, move out of the directory and open it again, it will be hidden thereafter. How to View Hide Files and Directories in Linux...