How to reveal hidden files on command prompt or in DOS

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Simple and useful tip

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at command prompt just type

dir /ah

if the list is too long u can use

dir /ah/p/w

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Normally when you type dir command you where be promted with the following directory as what you have below.

 

C:\>dir

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is 5C6D-DB67

 

Directory of C:\

 

06/11/2009 05:42 AM 24 autoexec.bat

06/11/2009 05:42 AM 10 config.sys

07/23/2013 11:22 PM <DIR> Development

05/10/2013 04:30 AM <DIR> Intel

07/19/2013 12:38 AM <DIR> MSI

07/14/2009 10:37 AM <DIR> PerfLogs

09/15/2013 02:12 AM <DIR> Program Files

05/20/2010 03:45 PM <DIR> P_vs_Z

05/09/2013 01:29 AM <DIR> Users

09/09/2013 12:02 PM <DIR> Windows

12/20/2009 12:00 AM <DIR> xampp

2 File(s) 34 bytes

9 Dir(s) 9,985,150,976 bytes free

 

But using the command dir /ah on your command prompt, hidden files is only be seen as follows.

 

C:\>dir /ah

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is 5C6D-DB67

 

Directory of C:\

 

05/09/2013 01:29 AM <DIR> $Recycle.Bin

07/14/2009 12:53 PM <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users]

09/27/2013 12:55 AM 1,500,844,032 hiberfil.sys

09/10/2013 07:02 PM 0 IO.SYS

09/10/2013 07:02 PM 0 MSDOS.SYS

05/30/2013 12:17 AM <DIR> MSOCache

09/27/2013 12:55 AM 2,001,129,472 pagefile.sys

09/24/2013 01:58 AM <DIR> ProgramData

05/09/2013 01:28 AM <DIR> Recovery

08/22/2013 12:33 AM <DIR> System Volume Information

4 File(s) 3,501,973,504 bytes

6 Dir(s) 9,985,155,072 bytes free

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