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internet quicker, computer getting slower

Asked by peter ratcliffe

something doesn't look right. When I enter ls in a terminal it shows as being at peter@peter-desktop. ls then shows as

peter@peter-desktop:~$ ls
Carey Documents foo2zjs Music Public Videos
deja-dup Downloads foo2zjs.tar.gz photo Templates
Desktop examples.desktop Money Pictures Untitled Folder
peter@peter-desktop:~$

Clicking on the file cabinet in launcher brigs up this list of files

/home/peter/Carey
/home/peter/deja-dup
/home/peter/Desktop
/home/peter/Documents
/home/peter/Downloads
/home/peter/foo2zjs
/home/peter/Money
/home/peter/Music
/home/peter/photo
/home/peter/Pictures
/home/peter/Public
/home/peter/Templates
/home/peter/Untitled Folder
/home/peter/Videos
/home/peter/.aqbanking
/home/peter/.cache
/home/peter/.compiz
/home/peter/.config
/home/peter/.cups
/home/peter/.gconf
/home/peter/.gnome2
/home/peter/.gnupg
/home/peter/.hplip
/home/peter/.kde
/home/peter/.local
/home/peter/.mozilla
/home/peter/.sbd
/home/peter/.ssh
/home/peter/.synaptic
/home/peter/.thunderbird
/home/peter/examples.desktop
/home/peter/foo2zjs.tar.gz
/home/peter/.bash_history
/home/peter/.bash_logout
/home/peter/.bashrc
/home/peter/.dmrc
/home/peter/.ICEauthority
/home/peter/.iscan_preference
/home/peter/.profile
/home/peter/.sudo_as_admin_successful
/home/peter/.Xauthority
/home/peter/.xsession-errors
/home/peter/.xsession-errors.old

Is this as it should be or have I got it all wrong. Not long ago I had a disaster which meant a reinstall , just after which I moved to a new internet deal on FTTC terms with the same IP company, Fireflyuk.net.

Your comments will be much appreciated. Many thanks, Peter Ratcliffe.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Looks like you have an alias to make 'ls' run 'ls -a'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Sorry, other way around. You have your file manager configured to show hidden folders and files.

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

There is a standard that files in Unix systems are deemed "hidden" when their file name starts with a dot.

see e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/files-hidden.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_file_and_hidden_directory

The "ls" command does per default not show hidden files, but with the command option -a (or --all) they are shown.

Most file explorer programs also have an option to show (or hide again) files whose name starts with a dot.
In nautilus you toggle this by pressing ctrl-h.

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peter ratcliffe (pjcr) said : 		#4

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.