Cent OS 6.3 Hidden files in shell

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I want to be able to check whether a file is hidden or not in Cent OS 6.3. These are often referred to as (dot) files but I can clearly see Cent OS 6.3 handling these by appending a ~(tilde) to the end



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myfile (not hidden)
myfile~ (hidden)



Now, I can tell that a file is "hidden" if it's a dot file, but what is going on with this tilde (~) terminating character - is this particular to Cent OS 6.3? Is this something I can simply check for in the file name (EG: starting with a dot or ending with a tilde) I would appreciate help on this as, I would assume "hidden" is a file attribute rather than a "naming convention" as I wrong?






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    There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
    – Gilles
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:15










  • Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
    – Mikel
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:33










  • they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:34















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I want to be able to check whether a file is hidden or not in Cent OS 6.3. These are often referred to as (dot) files but I can clearly see Cent OS 6.3 handling these by appending a ~(tilde) to the end



EG:



myfile (not hidden)
myfile~ (hidden)



Now, I can tell that a file is "hidden" if it's a dot file, but what is going on with this tilde (~) terminating character - is this particular to Cent OS 6.3? Is this something I can simply check for in the file name (EG: starting with a dot or ending with a tilde) I would appreciate help on this as, I would assume "hidden" is a file attribute rather than a "naming convention" as I wrong?






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  • 3




    There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
    – Gilles
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:15










  • Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
    – Mikel
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:33










  • they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:34













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I want to be able to check whether a file is hidden or not in Cent OS 6.3. These are often referred to as (dot) files but I can clearly see Cent OS 6.3 handling these by appending a ~(tilde) to the end



EG:



myfile (not hidden)
myfile~ (hidden)



Now, I can tell that a file is "hidden" if it's a dot file, but what is going on with this tilde (~) terminating character - is this particular to Cent OS 6.3? Is this something I can simply check for in the file name (EG: starting with a dot or ending with a tilde) I would appreciate help on this as, I would assume "hidden" is a file attribute rather than a "naming convention" as I wrong?






linux shell files xattr verification







share|improve this question















I want to be able to check whether a file is hidden or not in Cent OS 6.3. These are often referred to as (dot) files but I can clearly see Cent OS 6.3 handling these by appending a ~(tilde) to the end



EG:



myfile (not hidden)
myfile~ (hidden)



Now, I can tell that a file is "hidden" if it's a dot file, but what is going on with this tilde (~) terminating character - is this particular to Cent OS 6.3? Is this something I can simply check for in the file name (EG: starting with a dot or ending with a tilde) I would appreciate help on this as, I would assume "hidden" is a file attribute rather than a "naming convention" as I wrong?






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    There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
    – Gilles
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:15










  • Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
    – Mikel
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:33










  • they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:34













  • 3




    There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
    – Gilles
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:15










  • Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
    – Mikel
    Nov 1 '12 at 18:33










  • they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:34








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There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
– Gilles
Nov 1 '12 at 18:15




There is no “hidden” file attribute, any hiding is done by the software listing the files. So which program are you using that's hiding files?
– Gilles
Nov 1 '12 at 18:15












Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
– Mikel
Nov 1 '12 at 18:33




Is this for tab completion inside the bash shell? If so, check the value of the FIGNORE variable using echo $FIGNORE.
– Mikel
Nov 1 '12 at 18:33












they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
– user26676
Nov 3 '12 at 12:34





they are "hidden" in nautilus ("show hidden files")
– user26676
Nov 3 '12 at 12:34











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A tilde suffix marks a backup file for a few text editors, such as Emacs ('~') and Vim ('.ext~').



Some programs hide these files, as most people don't care about them.



The only universal convention for a 'hidden' file is a file with a leading '.', due to a feature-like bug which was widely adopted.






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  • thanks for the link - I suspected it was some kind of "retcon" _ I am syncing files and I want to ignore locked files, hidden files etc so thanks for the info
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    Nov 3 '12 at 12:33











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A tilde suffix marks a backup file for a few text editors, such as Emacs ('~') and Vim ('.ext~').



Some programs hide these files, as most people don't care about them.



The only universal convention for a 'hidden' file is a file with a leading '.', due to a feature-like bug which was widely adopted.






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  • thanks for the link - I suspected it was some kind of "retcon" _ I am syncing files and I want to ignore locked files, hidden files etc so thanks for the info
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:33















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A tilde suffix marks a backup file for a few text editors, such as Emacs ('~') and Vim ('.ext~').



Some programs hide these files, as most people don't care about them.



The only universal convention for a 'hidden' file is a file with a leading '.', due to a feature-like bug which was widely adopted.






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  • thanks for the link - I suspected it was some kind of "retcon" _ I am syncing files and I want to ignore locked files, hidden files etc so thanks for the info
    – user26676
    Nov 3 '12 at 12:33













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A tilde suffix marks a backup file for a few text editors, such as Emacs ('~') and Vim ('.ext~').



Some programs hide these files, as most people don't care about them.



The only universal convention for a 'hidden' file is a file with a leading '.', due to a feature-like bug which was widely adopted.






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A tilde suffix marks a backup file for a few text editors, such as Emacs ('~') and Vim ('.ext~').



Some programs hide these files, as most people don't care about them.



The only universal convention for a 'hidden' file is a file with a leading '.', due to a feature-like bug which was widely adopted.







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