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>How do you see hidden files in Finder?
Command-Shift-Period

>As a default?*

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true; killall Finder

>How do you copy-paste file or folder paths between terminal and Finder?

Drag and drop the icon into a Terminal window.

And regarding gestures or shortcuts, if you put in the same effort that you did for Windows, you can find everything you need on the Mac.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

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I’m also a big fan of right-click + option, which gives you the ability to copy the path name of the highlighted file/folder in Finder.

FYI Regular copy (Command-C) of the file from Finder already uses the path representation upon paste into Terminal.

Also, pbpaste, pbcopy CLI commands, equivalent of Linux xclip, and “open .” Opens a finder window at the folder, or “open filename” to open with a preferred application, equivalent to linux’s xdg-open.

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