How to check a file is hidden or not in java

This tutorial demonstrate how to check a file is hidden or not in java.

This tutorial demonstrate how to check a file is hidden or not in java.

Description:

This example demonstrate how to check a file is hidden at a given path or not. The method isHidden() of the File class check for its hidden property of a file. As in the file path we see '\' (backslash) that is used to denote file separation but here in this example File.separator is used.

Code:


import java.io.File;



public class CheckForHidden {

  public static void main(String[] a) {

    File findFile = new File("C:" + File.separator + "java-tutorial"

        + File.separator + "Test" + File.separator +

        "anyfile.java");

    System.out.println(findFile.isHidden());

  }

}

Output:

The output of this example is either true or false depends on the file have hidden property at the specified path that is set in the program above.

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