Hidden files goof up? need help

need a fix
I used terminal to show my hidden files and (stupidly) I typed a ? instead of a / at the beginning of the command line. What did I do?
I looked in the console log and saw the command
sudo mv ?.hidden /.not-any-more
Now, when I tried to reverse the command by typing
sudo mv /.not-any-more /.hidden
it said no such file or directory
when I typed in sudo pico /.hidden the terminal had no folders listed
I repaired permissions wondering if that would help. Then I restarted the computers to make sure it still worked and it does. Did I do something really bad? Can I fix it? Do I need to reinstall everything? Any help would be great. Usually I don't make such a mistake, but I bumped the darn shift key.
Thanks in advance.
Matt
MacG5 2.7Dual Mac OS X (10.4.6) FCP Studio, SHake, Maya, DVC Pro, AJA KonaLH, Z1U, GY 100U, ATTO, FibreJet,

Hi Matt,
The .hidden file does not exist on a default installation of Tiger. Tiger will respect the .hidden file if you create one though it is not necessary to create one. You could set a Finder preferences to see all the hidden files with these two commands:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to quit' -e 'delay 1' -e 'tell application "Finder" to launch'
Replace ON with OFF in the first command and run the second command to turn off seeing the hidden files. If you want to explore a hidden directory it is as easy as issueing the command open:
open /etc
will open a Finder window showing all the files in the etc directory.

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