Re: Toggle invisible files
Re: Toggle invisible files
- Subject: Re: Toggle invisible files
- From: 2551phil <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:38:04 +0700
> read the whole defaults text and see if it contains "AppleShowAllFiles = 1;". If not, it either contains the 0 setting or neither; it doesn't matter which
As Shane’s already pointed out, that setting can also be ‘Yes’ or ‘True’, so just testing for ‘1’ won’t cut it.
Best
Phil
> On 10 Nov 2016, at 18:07, Nigel Garvey <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 2551phil wrote on Wed, 09 Nov 2016 23:46:28 +0700:
>
>>
>>> On 9 Nov 2016, at 14:17, DaveC <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> What exactly is changed in the dictionary for Mav that breaks this?
>>
>> Nothing.
>>
>> Your script is failing on the ‘read’ command because the defaults pair
>> doesn’t exist on a new install until you write it.
>>
>> You can just rap a ‘try' around the ‘read’ command and change the ‘if’
>> condition to “if dotVisible is not 1” and your script will work as
> before.
>
> Another approach would be to read the whole defaults text and see if it
> contains "AppleShowAllFiles = 1;". If not, it either contains the 0
> setting or neither; it doesn't matter which:
>
> set FinderDefaults to (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder")
> if (FinderDefaults contains "AppleShowAllFiles = 1;") then
> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0; killall Finder"
> else
> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1; killall Finder"
> end if
>
>
>>> On 10 Nov 2016, at 07:20, Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>>>
>>> there are several values other than "1"
>>
>> ‘Yes’, ‘true’ and ‘1’ - you’re right I was a bit hasty there.
>
> Here's a one-shell-script offering:
>
> do shell script "newState=$(
> defaults read com.apple.finder |
> sed -En '/ *AppleShowAllFiles *= *(1|[Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Tt][Rr][Uu][Ee]).*/ {
> # If the ‘on’ setting is found, store “0” in the hold space.
> s//0/
> h
> }
> $ {
> # Output the hold space contents at the end, or “1” if none.
> g
> /^$/ s//1/
> p
> }'
> ) ;
> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles $newState ;
> killall Finder"
>
>
> NG
>
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