What does @ mean at the end of the filename

dayana · 12-08-2009, 04:52 AM

Hi

Can anybody tell me why some files have @ at the end of their name?

Regards
Dayana

Web31337 · 12-08-2009, 04:56 AM

if i touch abc@ nothing special happens, it just creates me a file with a name that ends with @. maybe it's different for other distros. What distro do you have?

pwc101 · 12-08-2009, 05:10 AM

This is because you're system is calling ls with the -F flag

Quote:

Originally Posted by man ls

-F, --classify
append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries

See number 13 for the meaning of each symbol: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/07/...mand-examples/

Web31337 · 12-08-2009, 05:12 AM

oh right now i remember seeing this.
ty, pwc101

jefro · 12-08-2009, 04:05 PM

The distro might have "ls" set to that by alias or other means so simply the command ls may show that. Or visual displays like MC or another may show it by default.