strange characters showing in Alfred not in the Finder

[jipnet]

I see files like this occasionally:

 

They don't appear in the finder itself. Are they caches? Is there a way to delete them (systematically or otherwise)?

 

thanks.

 

PS: These have doublets which are the real files without the Tilda/Dollar Sign.

Edited September 10, 2018 by jipnet
forgot to ask for replies

[jipnet]

PS: These have doublets which are the real files without the Tilda/Dollar Sign.

[deanishe]

They're "working files" that Word creates whenever you open a document. They aren't valid Word documents themselves and should normally be invisible.

 

When one of these appears on my system, it's usually because some software synced or copied the file along with the real Word doc it belongs to, but lost the invisible property somewhere along the way.

 

You can safely trash the files if you aren't currently working on that document.

[jipnet]

Thanks. The problem is that they appear ONLY in Alfred app. Maybe I need to reveal invisible files, since they are not showing in the finder.

 

UPDATE: just found this which exposed the files and made them deletable:

Since the release of macOS Sierra, when in Finder, it is now possible to use the shortcut:

 CMD + SHIFT + .