README.md

Commands that will hide or show your desktop icons on a mac when double clicked.

Commands need to be executable so remember to chmod +x *.command in the folder you store these in.

Recently updated to include the line:

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' 

so that the terminal windows don't hang around.

Hide Desktop.command

#!/bin/sh

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' &
exit

Hide Hidden Files.command

#!/bin/sh

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false
killall Finder
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' &
exit

Make Commands Executable.command

#!/bin/sh

chmod +x ~/Documents/commands/*.command
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' &
exit

Show Desktop.command

#!/bin/sh

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
killall Finder
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' &
exit

Show Hidden Files.command

#!/bin/sh

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true
killall Finder
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains ".command")' &
exit