Invisible file search

Question

How do I get Find File to find invisible files? Sherlock did it just fine for files without a name. Find File is so windows restrictive like that it can't find invisible files without a file name. If I knew the name I wouldn't need to search.
A lot of Tiger makes me think of windows like all the "Are you sure" type dialogs that show up.

Answer 1

If you just want to browse with invisible files shown, you can also use an AppleScript. I use one like the following all the time:
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-- show invisible items of the current FInder window or selection
property SingleFile : true
tell application "Finder"
set CurrentSelection to the selection
try
set TheItem to the the first item of CurrentSelection
if (count of CurrentSelection) is greater than 1 then
set TheLocation to the container of TheItem
else
if the last character of (TheItem as text) is not ":" then
set TheLocation to the container of TheItem
else
set TheLocation to TheItem
end if
end if
on error
set TheLocation to startup disk
end try
if SingleFile then
set MyChoice to choose file default location TheLocation as alias with showing package contents and invisibles
else
set MyChoice to choose folder default location TheLocation as alias with showing package contents and invisibles
end if
end tell
-- do something with the choice
activate me
get paragraphs of (do shell script "mdls " & quoted form of POSIX path of MyChoice)
choose from list result with prompt "MetaData list:" with empty selection allowed and multiple selections allowed
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