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~~<blockquote>~~Notes for listing above:

* Use the <tt>-l</tt> option of the <tt>ls</tt> command to get detailed information about a file.

* d indicates a directory file

~~<blockquote>~~

= Hidden Files =

.profile uli101.txt

~~<blockquote>~~In the file listing shown above

* <tt>pwd</tt> displays the present working directory. This command is used to display where on in the Linux

* <tt>ls -A</tt> displays 'almost' all files, that is all hidden files like <tt>.profile</tt> except the first two

items <tt>.</tt> and <tt>..</tt>. This means <tt>.</tt> and <tt>..</tt> are never shown within the <tt>ls -A</tt> output listing.~~<blockquote>~~

=== Why hide files? ===

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