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Terminal alias for hiding/showing hidden files

I’ve previously been using Houdini for toggling hidden file visibility. But now that I have the Terminal perpetually open, might as well make an alias for it.

alias showhidden="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder"
alias hidehidden="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder"