What is a config file?

Posted by bob on Jun 22, 2021 3:37 PM EDT
Opensource.com; By Seth Kenlon
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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'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'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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