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What do .# file names mean in Linux?
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This is probably trivial, but I'm quite new to Linux and I was unable to find any info online. In a folder, I can execute the command and get the following result: Is this a file in the current directory? What can I do to display its contents?
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./.#netMHC3.2.py
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Files which start with a '.' are hidden files. I don't know of a standard to use the '#' on certain kind of files. I've seen it on "backup" files generated by text editors. To display the contents of a file use the "cat" command: '.' and './' are th…
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