Can we set Nemo or Nautilus, to show hidden files per directory?

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Can we set somehow Nemo or Nautilus, to show hidden files per directory like the sorting, for example?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 09 '18 at 14:56

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I don't completely understand your question, but if you want to display hidden files, type Ctrl-H.

By default, this toggles the display of hidden files in most file managers, including Nautilus and Nemo.

edited Jul 09 '18 at 14:56

graham

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answered Jul 09 '18 at 13:35

Vince

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '18 at 15:37

In Nautilus, the "show/hide files" is global, and even applies to the file dialogs. So there for sure, you can't set it on a per folder basis.

In Nemo there is an option in the preferences under "Behavior" to "Ignore per-folder view preferences". I am not sure if that setting also applies to showing/hiding hidden files, but you may verify that the setting is off and see whether that causes nemo to also remember the setting on a per-folder basis. As I do not have nemo installed, I cannot verify at this time.

Can we set Nemo or Nautilus, to show hidden files per directory?

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