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dotfiles

dotfiles is the plural of dotfile.

Meaning of dotfile

Noun

dotfile (plural dotfiles)

  1. (Unix) A file or directory whose name begins with a dot (period or full stop), typically hidden from view and sometimes used to store configuration settings.
    • There is also a dotfile generator, which you can use to create dotfiles for many different programs until you get the hang of it.2003, James Lee, Brent Ware, Open source Web development with LAMP

Questions about dotfiles

What is dotfiles the plural of?
Dotfiles is the plural of dotfile.

Words near dotfiles in the dictionary

  1. dotes
  2. dotes over
  3. dotest
  4. doteth
  5. dotfile
  6. dotfiles
  7. doth
  8. Dothan
  9. dothead
  10. dotheads
  11. dothideaceous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dotfiles (page history and authors); dotfile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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