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How to see hidden files in command prompt?

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Question added by Mohammed Yaseen MBA PMP® , Commercial Officer , Hayat Communications
Date Posted: 2013/09/12
Mahmoud Manaa
by Mahmoud Manaa , Network Engineer , Zain - Kuwait

if you want to see a file with certain  properity Like System,Hidden,ReadOnly you can pass a parameter for ( DIR ) Command in DOS Prompt as Following :

For hidden Files :

Dir / AH

For System Files :

Dir / AS

For ReadOnly Files :

Dir / AR

Hope This Help ...Regards

 

Atif Tanveer
by Atif Tanveer , Decision Support Specialist , Hamilton Health Science

dir /ah

Said Qamar Qamar
by Said Qamar Qamar , IT Support Engineer , Baladia Bisha KSA

c:\>Dir/ah    

and press enter key

 

Muhammad Anzar
by Muhammad Anzar , DevOps/DevSecOps Architect , Confidential

In Linux, ls -a will list all hidden files

Mohammed Mudassir
by Mohammed Mudassir , NET work , Matheen Associates

dir/ah is the command for view all hidden file and folders in drive or directory

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