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invisible files

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what command should i use to know how many invisible files are in my home directory?

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Best Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#1

In Nautilus you can see number of files/folders (left down corner) -- use Ctrl+H to see hidden files and it will show you total number of everything, now just subtract number without of visible files :-).

An here is terminal way (it's very weird):

ls -a ~ > 1 && ls ~ > 2 && diff 1 2 | grep '<' | wc

(first number is number of hidden files and folders).

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princen (spurchampion) said : 		#2

Thanks Vojtěch Trefný, that solved my question.