command in Red Hat ?

[speedster]

would like to know wats the command i should type to hide folders in red hat 8.0 ? can somebody pls help on this

regards

 

[praka123]

 mv filename .filename

 

[speedster]

r u sure Mv is the Command ? can any pls clarify is it Mv filename.extension ?

also folder hiding not possible ?

 

[praka123]

U can try "man" for clarifiying with commands.just do:

 man commandname

^^ also remember "." files are hidden files as "$" files in DOS.and in Linux/UNIX-like only small letters(so no Mv) are used and SPACE must be btwn each command options(for eg: "mv <SPACE> -i) .even folders can be hidden using this way.

:~$ mv dir .dir

I think u need to see *tldp.org and *www.linuxcommand.org/
^ Hope that helps.also if ur new to Linux,let me remind u,ur not getting the privilages with newer Linux distros(Debian,Ubuntu,Fedora etc) running this ancient one.

 

[GNUrag]

follow the commands praka123 suggested.

And remember, the files starting with a "." are hidden files in all kinds of Unix type operating systems. Hiding files in this way does not provide real security. You might want to try using some encryption instead.

 

[praka123]

*encryptionhowto.sourceforge.net/Encryption-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3
seahorse is a GnuPG frontend available in GNOME.

there are tools(GUI) offered in newer GNOME(v2.14 onwards) for security purpose.pesselus(pessulus is a lockdown editor for GNOME) can be used
sabayon is yet another tool offered in GNOME.

 

[laptops4u]

u can use chwon command to give right to a file or a dir.
so only u & root user can see.