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2. (remove un)necessary commands -- commands were necessary
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Hastur
Hastur
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You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a e <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;

You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a e <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;

You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a e <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;
1. correct a mistype in the command; 2. remove unnecessary commands (mainly to overcome the 6-character edit limit)
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edit approved Jan 4, 2023 at 11:03
skozin
edit approved Jan 4, 2023 at 11:03
skozin
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You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a Ee <file>

To recursively hidehide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;

You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;

You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a e <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;
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gagarine
gagarine
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You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:

To hide file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To show file extension

SetFile -a E <file>

To recursively hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a E '{}' \;

To recursively show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:

(You can change the second * to a particular extension type if needed)

cd <path to directory>

find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a e '{}' \;