Ls Filedot

Press Ctrl + H in Nautilus (GNOME), Dolphin (KDE), or Finder (macOS).

In Unix/Linux, any file starting with a dot ( .filename ) is considered a hidden file. To see these, you must use the -a (all) option. ls -a ls filedot

So at first glance, it’s trivial. But the hidden depth lies in . Press Ctrl + H in Nautilus (GNOME), Dolphin