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hdfs dfs -ls /user/hdfs
The above can direct show hidden files, you can directly see the below, for example
drwx------ - hdfs hdfs 0 2017-07-13 02:00 /user/hdfs/.Trash
drwxr-xr-x - hdfs hdfs 0 2017-04-06 14:21 /user/hdfs/.hiveJars
drwxr-xr-x - hdfs hdfs 0 2017-06-29 09:12 /user/hdfs/.sparkStaging
drwxr-xr-x - hdfs hdfs 0 2017-04-24 15:54 /user/hdfs/SSP00805
where you can see the file start with a dot.