Bash script to recursively hide all files in a directory and its subdirectories

unhide-files.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to recursively process files and folders
process_directory() {
    local directory="$1"

    # Loop through each item in the directory
    for item in "$directory"/*; do
        # Check if the item is a file
        if [[ -f "$item" ]]; then
            # Remove the hidden flag from the file
            chflags nohidden "$item"
            echo "Removed hidden flag from file: $item"
        elif [[ -d "$item" ]]; then
            # Remove the hidden flag from the folder
            chflags nohidden "$item"
            echo "Removed hidden flag from folder: $item"

            # Recursively process the subdirectory
            process_directory "$item"
        fi
    done
}

# Check if a directory is provided as an argument
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Please provide a directory path as an argument."
    exit 1
fi

# Get the directory path from the command-line argument
directory="$1"

# Check if the provided path is a valid directory
if [[ ! -d "$directory" ]]; then
    echo "Invalid directory path: $directory"
    exit 1
fi

# Start processing the directory recursively
process_directory "$directory"