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

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19 September, 11:05

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

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Nyasia Woodard · Answer 1

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