houston-montgomerys-ibook-g4:~ houstonmontgomery$ cd desktop
houston-montgomerys-ibook-g4:~/desktop houstonmontgomery$ mv .idk idk

remember to not forget the e name of the folder/directory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

type:
cd

press space

type:
desktop

press return

type:
mv

press space

type folder name

press space

type
.

then folder name

press return

then there you are
here is how i did it.

houston-montgomerys-ibook-g4:~ houstonmontgomery$ cd desktop
houston-montgomerys-ibook-g4:~/desktop houstonmontgomery$ mv idk .idk

In Terminal:

mv /Users/_______/Desktop/fail-owned-manhood-fail.jpg /Users/______/Desktop/.fail-owned-manhood-fail <— Will hide the individual file *(Please note that the directory address will differ from system to system, this is what I would include, I left out the username because you don’t need to know who I am.)*

mv /Users/______/Desktop/.fail-owned-manhood-fail /Users/_____/Desktop/fail-owned-manhood-fail.jpg <—- Will bring your individual file back.

Hit RETURN. Then type:
cd ~/Desktop

Hit RETURN. Then type:
ls -a

You will see the hidden_folder listed. Did you read the post?

That’s a disappointment!

I also tried to use the Treminal with the script you offered to create a hidden folder on my desktop but also had no luck. does this script work on
OSX 10.4.11 running on a powerbook titanium? any info would be greatly appreciated.

Of course, for this to work Quicksilver has to be running, but why would it not be running???

Here’s the script:
do shell script “hdiutil mount ” & quoted form of “/.Files.dmg”–where “/.Files.dmg” is the path to your DMG.

But I still didn’t understand how to use

cd ~/Documents/Sing\ that\ iTune!/; ls -a

because I put that in and it didn’t work at all

but the one before in the original post worked to rename it so it all worked out.

Thank you!

/Users/Brenner/Documents/Sing that iTune!/.spoon folder

to be made?

You’ll need the make folder (Make directory) command, which is “mkdir”. You then add the path onto that after a space. Knowing this:

mkdir ‘/Users/Brenner/Documents/Sing that iTune!/.spoon folder’

will make a folder called “.spoon folder” inside your ~/Documents/Sing that iTune!/ folder. However, you won’t be able to see it from the Finder. To find out if it’s there, use this command:

cd ~/Documents/Sing\ that\ iTune!/; ls -a

(Notice that between “Sing” and “that” I put a \ before each space. This is because I didn’t single-quote the path.)

You cannot use Finder to make folders with a period at the beginning because these are only supposed to be used by the operating system.

Hopefully this makes sense,
MacTipper
My Mac-Tipping Blog

could you…

type exactly what I want to type so that I could copy it into terminal and I can learn from that

and/or tell me why when I put a “.” in front of any folder, it tells me it’s reserved for the system, and changes the folder back to what it was originally. and how to make it not do that anymore.

Thank you

mkdir ~/Desktop/New\ Folder/

And if I’m doing a full path, I’ll quote:

mkdir ‘/Users/oliver/Desktop/New Folder/’

Notice that to escape the space, you simply put a \ in front of it.

MacTipper
My Mac-Tipping Blog

mkdir /users/Brenner/Documents/Sing that iTune!/.spoon folder

and also tried

mkdir /users/Brenner/Documents/Sing that iTune!.spoon folder

neither worked…..?
(those are exactly what I typed)