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Cmd+Shift+G then type /tmp

by dan1234 12y ago

vlunkr 12y ago
How did I not know this? I've always run the open command in the terminal for hidden folders.
- michaelcampbell 12y ago
  > How did I not know this? Because it isn't obvious, or even really very easy to find.
  - hmcdona1 12y ago
    To be fair the average user doesn't ever need to see hidden folders. Who cares what the defaults are, set your Mac up however you want, I'm sure everyone here is plenty capable. Also, people will spend days customizing their Linux systems, but think OS X needs to be exactly the way they want it out of the box. Why is that? I agree the software quality has declined over the past few years, but many people here seem to be nitpicking.
  - coliveira 12y ago
    If you search "shortcuts for Finder" in your preferred search engine, this is one of the first that will be listed.
  - coliveira 12y ago
    If you search "shortcuts for Finder" in your preferred search engine, this is one of the first that will be listed.
  - Domenic_S 12y ago
    Dude, it's even in the Finder's menu. Go > Go to Folder (⇧⌘G)
    - michaelcampbell 12y ago
      "dude", yes, I know. Once found, nothing is hard to find. But it's shitty UX. You can navigate to folders, except this arbitrary list of them that you can't control, in which case you go somewhere else to navigate to them. And the 3 or 4 ways to view the folders, in (at least) one of them you can't create a new folder, but others you can. Brilliant.
- aet 12y ago
  You can also do: cd /tmp; open .
  - wingerlang 12y ago
    Never knew about the dot. I always use open $(pwd)...
    - Domenic_S 12y ago
      . = current directory .. = parent directory
  - Spiritus 12y ago
    Or just `open /tmp`
- Stratoscope 12y ago
  I'm asking myself the same question! Here's the funny thing: Click the Go menu in Finder, and look down at the bottom where it says Go to Folder... See the shortcut? Yup, it's Command-Shift-G. I have no idea why I never paid attention to that before.
ayuvar 12y ago
In Open and Save dialogue boxes, you can also start typing with a / to open up a "go to path" dialogue box that lets you enter the unix path (with tab completion).

Cmd+Shift+G then type /tmp

by dan1234 12y ago

Cmd+Shift+G then type /tmp

vlunkr 12y ago

How did I not know this? I've always run the open command in the terminal for hidden folders.

michaelcampbell 12y ago
> How did I not know this? Because it isn't obvious, or even really very easy to find.
- hmcdona1 12y ago
  To be fair the average user doesn't ever need to see hidden folders. Who cares what the defaults are, set your Mac up however you want, I'm sure everyone here is plenty capable. Also, people will spend days customizing their Linux systems, but think OS X needs to be exactly the way they want it out of the box. Why is that? I agree the software quality has declined over the past few years, but many people here seem to be nitpicking.
- coliveira 12y ago
  If you search "shortcuts for Finder" in your preferred search engine, this is one of the first that will be listed.
- coliveira 12y ago
  If you search "shortcuts for Finder" in your preferred search engine, this is one of the first that will be listed.
- Domenic_S 12y ago
  Dude, it's even in the Finder's menu. Go > Go to Folder (⇧⌘G)
  - michaelcampbell 12y ago
    "dude", yes, I know. Once found, nothing is hard to find. But it's shitty UX. You can navigate to folders, except this arbitrary list of them that you can't control, in which case you go somewhere else to navigate to them. And the 3 or 4 ways to view the folders, in (at least) one of them you can't create a new folder, but others you can. Brilliant.
aet 12y ago
You can also do: cd /tmp; open .
- wingerlang 12y ago
  Never knew about the dot. I always use open $(pwd)...
  - Domenic_S 12y ago
    . = current directory .. = parent directory
- Spiritus 12y ago
  Or just `open /tmp`
Stratoscope 12y ago
I'm asking myself the same question! Here's the funny thing: Click the Go menu in Finder, and look down at the bottom where it says Go to Folder... See the shortcut? Yup, it's Command-Shift-G. I have no idea why I never paid attention to that before.

ayuvar 12y ago

In Open and Save dialogue boxes, you can also start typing with a / to open up a "go to path" dialogue box that lets you enter the unix path (with tab completion).