以点开头的文件和目录（。）根据标准命令 ls 不会在目录列表中显示。因此，它们通常用于存储设置，首选项，等。目录〜/ .vim 尤其包含个人喜好和设置文本编辑器 vim 。

此类中还有两个特殊的目录名称：名为简单。是其出现的相同目录的别名（自引用），名为 .. 的目录指的是父目录。。

许多图形文件浏览器忽略隐藏以。，所以它不一定是正确的任何更长的时间来调用这些文件的隐藏。然而，该术语仍然存在。

Is there anything special about directories which start with a dot . in Linux (Ubuntu), such as ~/.vim? Thanks.

Files and directories whose names begin with a dot (.) by default are not displayed in directory listings by the standard command ls. Therefore, they are traditionally used to store settings, preferences, etc.. Directory ~/.vim in particular surely contains personal preferences and settings for the text editor vim.

There are also two special directory names in this class: the directory named simply . is an alias for the same directory in which it appears (a self reference), and the directory named .. refers to the parent directory of ..

Many graphical file browsers ignore the convention of hiding file names beginning with a ., so it is not necessarily correct any longer to call these files "hidden". Nevertheless, that terminology persists.