How to show/hide invisible files and folders from Service menu? How to show/hide invisible files and folders from Service menu?

By default files and folders whose name start with . is invisible. In order to show them, you can use the following command in Terminal.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true; killall Finder


To restore the default state, in which those files are hidden, use the following.

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles; killall Finder


How can I toggle the status of AppleShowAllFiles key without launching Terminal?
Apologies if this is a little off-topic from your question, but, in macOS Sierra you can toggle showing hidden files right in the Finder with Shift+cmd+.