Making Finder display 'hidden' files i.e. dot-files

Is it possible to have Finder display (hidden) dot-files? (This used to be possible via a Preference in 'Step so one wonders why the OS X people actually eliminated this extremely useful feature.) If you have to go to the Terminal and do cp and mv, it defeats the purpose of Finder. (Consider that Smith Micro's excellent faxing utility keeps all faxes inside a 'dot-folder'.) Surely there is a crypto dwrite?

'defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1' does it -- that's what I was looking for. Also, no need to mess with Script Editor or stop/start Finder: simply write the 'dwrite' on the command-line (i.e. in a Terminal window) and then, due to the lack of Update/Refresh in Finder (which was available in 'Step), click a couple of times on a folder or two in a Finder window to force a refresh. And the job's done. (And, as the respondent said, to turn it off, write the 'dwrite' again with a trailing 0.)

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