[Mobile] IOS : App to work with hidden folder

Ok here is another method to access hidden .obsidian and plugin folders / directories in your vault on iPhone and iPad using iSH Shell app. It is very lightweight at only 6mb in size compared to the other options I mentioned in Discord (LibTerm and a-shell)!! Thanks again @Mara-Li for the ideas and help!

Here is what I got to work:

  1. install iSH Shell iOS app (see screenshot)

  2. mount your obsidian vault folder by running: mount -t ios . /mnt (this will open up Files app to select your folder)

  3. select local On My Phone > Obsidian > “Your Vault Name” … in my example my vault name is iPhone (see screenshot)

  4. Change to the directory with cd /mnt which will take you to the root folder of your vault (that you just selected in step 3)

  5. use ls -a to see hidden directories which will show you the .obsidian folder (see screenshot)

  6. now cd to the .obsidian folder and you will see your plugins folder which you can cd to as well! (See screenshot)

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