How to see hidden files
Use the ls command with -a combined to see hidden files on Linux. For a friendlier output, combine it with the option -l.
Hidden files
Hidden files start with a dot and are typically not displayed by default when using ls. Use ‘-al’ to show them.
# ls -al
total 90
drwxrwxr-x 7 michael michael 12 Apr 8 07:34 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 michael michael 3 Apr 28 11:19 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 michael michael 447 Mar 21 14:09 .editorconfig
-rwxrwxr-x 1 michael michael 17 Mar 21 14:09 .gitignore
-rwxrwxr-x 1 michael michael 1080 Mar 21 14:09 LICENSE.md
-rwxrwxr-x 1 michael michael 6923 Mar 21 14:09 README.md