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Old 01-29-2011
directories which start with dot (.) as .ssh .vim etc?
Why this directories start with . and not without . ?

I am very curious Smilie
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Old 01-30-2011
Directory or file that start with . are hidden files/directory.

Normal 'ls' wont show, use ls -a. So the setup/configuration files/directories are not shown to the normal user. Read about hidden files/directories.
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