Opening file in editor - Mac Newbe.

I think I've got Apache/PHP setup. I tried to open the httpd.conf file in textedit but couldn't see the file under /etc/apache2 folder. Brushed off my vi and editted that way.
So my question is: I'm using UltraEdit as my text editor and need to be able to access various directories. Finder is no help because is hides directory. Using TextEdit I created a test php file and when I tried to save to /library/webserver I can't see it. I use Terminal to locate the directories but I cannot see them in Finder. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
How do I find the files, write to the directory?????
I'm used to Ubuntu command line interface where you simply issue 'sudo <name of editor> filename. Can you do this on a Mac.

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To show all hidden files, run this:
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to rehide them:
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