I can't believe I can't find a good solution... I have a hidden folder named .venv that I would like to show in my Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1 terminal output.

I've tried:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

but when I open the terminal in the directory containing .venv and type ls, the hidden folder is not returned. What gives?

CodePudding user response：

Have you tried using the -a flag for ls?

$ ls -a

ls itself usually ignores entries starting with '.', and the -a or --all flag prevents that.

Use ls --help in your terminal to review all available flags.