LXer: What is a config file?
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5KD3R)
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There are thousands of configuration files on your computer. You may never directly interact with the bulk of them, but they[he]#039[/he]re scattered throughout your /etc folder and in ~/.config and ~/.local and /usr. There are probably some in /var and possibly even in /opt. If you[he]#039[/he]ve ever opened one by accident or to make a change, you may have wondered why some configuration files look one way while others look completely different.
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There are thousands of configuration files on your computer. You may never directly interact with the bulk of them, but they[he]#039[/he]re scattered throughout your /etc folder and in ~/.config and ~/.local and /usr. There are probably some in /var and possibly even in /opt. If you[he]#039[/he]ve ever opened one by accident or to make a change, you may have wondered why some configuration files look one way while others look completely different.
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