Mac – hide and unhide a file or directory

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Mac command line utility chflags can be used t unhide or hide a hidden folder or file on Mac. A hidden folder will start appearing in Finder window as shown below
finder-library-folder

Unhide directory ~/Library

$ chflags nohidden ~/Library/

Hide directory ~/Library

$ chflags hidden ~/Library/

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