Yes, there are several places where a dot (.) is being used in Linux terminal/Shell. In addition, a dot would depict some meaning when shown in the output of a command. Let us see the different places where we would normally use a dot and explore the other places where one could get to see this in Linux. The usage of a dot that is documented here is excluding the standard or regular use that is not specific to Linux/Unix and it is common across computer environments. Such as in representing a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) separated with dot, IP Address where each bit (from 0 to 255) is separated by a dot etc,
