what is the meaning of linux permissions with or without dots at the end? I went to a lot of websites to learn about this question, and either I didn"t answer the question or I didn"t mention it at all. Please let me know from the instructor. Thank you, for example: lrwxrwxrwx. 
 [root@centos7 /]-sharp ll 
 Total dosage 24 
 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 19 March 11 19:12 application 
 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 January 4 18:07 bin-> usr/bin 
 dr-xr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 March 11 20:09 boot 
 drwxr-xr-x 2 nfsnobody nfsnobody 24 February 4 16:54 data 
 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 3220 April 15 09:02 dev 
 drwxr-xr-x. 91 root root 8192 April 15 09:04 etc 
 drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 99 April 13 14:16 home 
 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 January 4 18:07 lib-> usr/lib 
 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 January 4 18:07 lib64-> usr/lib64 
 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 November 5 2016 media 
 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 18 April 12 13:25 mnt 
 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 29 February 10 21:17 opt 
 dr-xr-xr-x 124 root root 0 April 15 09:01 proc 
 dr-xr-x-. 4 root root 134 April 13 15:16 root 
 drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 860 April 15 09:10 run 
 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 January 4 18:07 sbin-> usr/sbin 
 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 92 February 23 10:37 scripts 
 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 November 5 2016 srv 
 dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 April 15 09:01 sys 
 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 54 April 12 16:01 test 
 drwxrwxrwt. 16 root root 4096 April 15 09:02 tmp 
 drwxr-xr-x. 13 root root 155 January 4 18:07 usr 
 drwxr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 April 12 22:51 var 
