How to find hidden files?

Hi,
I don't know how I did it, but I managed to hide some folders on an external hard drive plugged into my iMac.
I can find one of them by searching for it by the name. But I cant find the other one because I have no idea what I named the folder (DOH!).
Is there a simple way to display all hidden folders?
I have no idea how I managed to hide the folders in the first place..... I did it a while ago and I must have had too much to drink. I have a vague recollection of downloading some 3rd party software (not 100 percent sure if I did though) and I cant find any such software in the Apps/Utilities folder etc.
Any help welcome.
As you can probably tell, I'm not very tech savvy. So the simpler the method the better!
I'm running the lastest OSX.
Thanks in advance!

Hi..
Simple, maybe not, but:
You could open a terminal (it's in utilities) and
enter: ls -al /Volumes/Mydrivename
where Mydrivename is the name of your drive
It will show all files and folders at the top level of your drive.
Lines starting with a 'd' is folders.
If the foldername starts with a '.'
it's a hidden folder.
i'm not sure if you can display hidden files and folders in a finder window.
Hope this helps
/Dennis

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