Why does 'ls' output come up with a dot (".") following the file permissions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • Why does ls output come up with a dot following the file permissions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

    $ ls -ld test
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Feb 14 18:14 test
    
  • Why do some files not have the dot (.) whilst some others have it?

    [root@localhost ~]# ls -l
    total 64
    -rw-------. 1 root root  2636 Feb 17 02:46 anaconda-ks.cfg
    -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 41179 Feb 17 02:46 install.log
    -rw-r--r--. 1 root root  9154 Feb 17 02:44 install.log.syslog
    -rw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Apr 21 22:24 test
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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