What is the first character for a file or directory names if they should not be displayed by commands such as ls unless specific

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Licemer1 [7]

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What is the first character for a file or directory names if they should not be displayed by commands such as ls unless specific

ally requested

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riadik2000 [5.3K] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-14T05:40:28+03:00

Answer: The .(dot) character

Explanation: in Linux, the period (dot) is short hand for the bash built in source. It will read and execute commands from a file in the current environment and return the exit status of the last command executed.

The .(dot) character is the first character for a file or directory names if they should not be displayed by commands such as ls unless specifically requested