UNIX: How to change all hidden folders/files to visible in a directory

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Harris Geo picture Harris Geo · Aug 5, 2013 · Viewed 9.7k times · Source

I have a directory with more than 100 hidden folders (.folder) and I want to make them visible (folder). Is there a way to do it with one command instead of doing this for each file separately? The command I have used so far is

mv .folder folder

Please help.

Answer

fedorqui 'SO stop harming' picture fedorqui 'SO stop harming' · Aug 5, 2013

This worked to me:

rename 's/\.//;' .*

It looks for all files with .something and renames to something.

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