Question

I would greatly appreciate if someone can assist me with this question. This question has to do with the command line on Linux.

QUESTION 8 What do hidden files and directories have that regular files and directories do not? Response. 10 points 1 BI U $ = 3 !!! Your response... O words Attach file(s) Max size 500 MB DRAG & DROP - save cancel

Thank you.

Answer 1

hidden files/ directories are used to store user freference or preserving the state of a utility in a file system, these files/ directories arent displayed by default by ls (listing command in unix like os), and starts with .(dot), to display these files we have to use 'a' flag with the ls as ls -a, these files are also used to store configuration settings for various applications.

you can see that files and directorie begining with . are hidden and aren't listed with the ls command

and are listed when 'a' flag is used

- х ubuntu@ubuntu: - ubuntu@ubuntu: $ ls Desktop Downloads Music Public Videos Documents hidden.txt Pictures Templates ubuntu@ubuntu:-$ ls -a .config .hiddendir Music Desktop .hidden.txt Pictures .bash_logout Documents hidden.txt .profile .bashrc Downloads .local Public 1. cache .gnupg .mozilla .sudo_as_admin_successful ubuntu@ubuntu:$ ] Templates Videos