What directories are .cache, .config, and .local/share under /home/user/?

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Issue

What are the following directories under /home/user/?

# ls -al /home/user
...
drwx------. 16 user user 4096 Sep  1 17:44 .cache
drwxr-xr-x. 15 user user  272 Sep  1 17:44 .config
drwx------.  3 user user   19 Aug 28 03:08 .local

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8
  • Desktop environment

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