Somehow I accidentally changed the name of an .flv (movie) file on my desktop. I deleted everything in front of the .flv.
So now, apparently, the desktop thinks it’s a dot file and it doesn’t display. I know it’s there somewhere because the file does show up when I do a backup to an external hard drive. There I see the file named “.flv” (no quotation marks, of course).
How can I display this hidden file so I can delete it from my desktop? I’ve looked everywhere in the desktop configuration items. If the solution is there I’m just looking right past it.
There are several methods. Some file browsers have an option to display
hidden files; thus you only have to navigate to the Desktop folder.
You might, for instance, install ‘mc’, aka Midnight Commander. It runs
inside a terminal. It is a very powerful but text mode file browser. It
can rename hidden files, too.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Yes, I am able to see dot files in other places – in Dolphin, for example. And I can delete them from there.
The renaming solution suggested previously let’s me make them visible on the desktop by converting the name from a dot file to a complete name.
But I am looking for a way to see them on my desktop (assuming that is possible) while they are dot files so that I don’t discover by accident that I have an unwanted and, at least for now, invisible file.
As I described in the prior reply, I can see the dot files in other places. I can see them in Dolphin. That’s not an issue.
What I’m trying to find is a way to see dot files on my desktop so that I don’t discover them by accident when looking at my backup hard drive or seeing them in Dolphin.
My question remains, is there a way to view a dot file on the KDE desktop?
When right clicking on my desktop I do not have an Open with Dolphin. Rather, I have Open with Home. That does then display the contents of my desktop and I do have Dolphin configured to show hidden files. That is not my issue.
Still asking the same question… Is there a way to display (view) dot files on my desktop (without having to open Dolphin and looking there to see what’s now hidden on my desktop)?
On 01/28/2014 10:36 PM, bosdad pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> farcusnz;2620148 Wrote:
>> I’m not quite understanding what you are getting at . . .
>>
>> as you have files on the desktop I assume you are using -Folder View- in
>> KDE.
>>
>> Just right click on the desktop and select -open with dolphin-
>> Then in dolphin just choose to show hidden files.
>>
>> Everything you have on the desktop is simply located in the folder
>> ~/desktop/
>
> Yes, I am using -Folder View- in KDE.
>
> When right clicking on my desktop I do not have an -Open with Dolphin-.
> Rather, I have -Open with Home-. That does then display the contents of
> my desktop and I do have Dolphin configured to show hidden files. That
> is not my issue.
>
> Still asking the same question… Is there a way to display (view)
> dot files on my desktop (without having to open Dolphin and looking
> there to see what’s now hidden on my desktop)?
>
> Thanks. :o)
> bosdad
>
>
Not easily and you wouldn’t want to. Best to leave this to a program
like dolphin.
> But I am looking for a way to see them on my desktop (assuming that is
> possible) while they are dot files so that I don’t discover by accident
> that I have an unwanted and, at least for now, invisible file.
No, I don’t think that is possible. They are intentionally hidden.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
