Why does dot appear at the end of permissions on directories?

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Issue

  • The newly created server has permissions such as -rwxrwxrwx. whereas the old server has only -rwxrwxrwx without the .
  • The trouble with a script automatically running and wanted to know if this could have something to do with it?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

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