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Some file types are already hidden by default in Finder, and in all standard file dialogs in OS X (10.6) already. I would like to add a file type to be hidden: anything with the .pyc extension. If I select 'Get Info' on a .pyc file, there seems to be an option for hiding that file type, but it's disabled/grayed out and I don't know why. Is there any other way to hide them?
wahnfrieden
Posted 2009-10-25T09:33:35.163
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Well, I wouldn't normally suggest this... But you asked...
Assuming Leopard:
find -x /path/to/folder -name \*.pyc -exec chflags hidden {} +
Just supply the proper "/path/to/folder". The drawback is that it has to be done periodically for newly created files. And this also hides file from ls in Terminal. From man chflags:
Only a limited number of utilities are
chflagsaware. Some of these tools includels,cp,find,install,dump, andrestore.
Prior to Snow Leopard, you can try to edit the .hidden file that is in the root of the boot drive. That contains a list of hidden file types... But it doesn't exist on my Snow Leopard system, so it may have only existed in 10.4.
Benjamin Schollnick
Posted 2009-10-25T09:33:35.163
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(Added a warning about ls...) – Arjan – 2009-10-25T11:38:09.373
1Well that's unfortunate. Thank you for the answer. – wahnfrieden – 2009-10-26T03:57:58.860
As for your there seems to be an option for hiding that file type: if you're referring to the checkbox "Hide extension" in the "Name & Extension" pane, then that would only remove the ".pyc" part from the views. The rest of the file name would still be shown. – Arjan – 2009-10-25T10:16:25.233