Show all files in Finder (See related posts)

# just put them into your ~/.bash_login
# and then: source ~/.bash_login 

function showall() { 
   /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
   /bin/sleep 1
   /usr/bin/killall Finder
   return 0
}     


function shownall() { 
   /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
   /bin/sleep 1
   /usr/bin/killall Finder
   return 0
}