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Linux 'ls' - what does the * mean?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202610892 views
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Problem

When I do a in a folder, I sometimes get entries like: I believe: means that it's a swap copy, however what does the * mean?

Error Output

a.txt*
b.txt
b.txt~

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Your seems to have an alias to . It shows the filetype:

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