What does the trailing dot in the ls output (-rw-r--r--.) signify? (Doc ID 1618457.1)

Last updated on MAY 17, 2020

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Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Understand the meaning of a 'dot' after permission field in 'ls -l' command output

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