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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Dngrsone. That makes sense. So the hidden files are just single copies of the latest regular file, right? I mean, you don't get a hidden file for every time you save something, right?

Correct. Each time you save, the current version (before the editing) is backed to filename~ before the newly edited version is saved to filename -- you can however edit those backups too and they will be backed up in turn, to filename~~. Why anyone might want to do so, I do not know. There are better document version tracking methods. I only mention this as a fun fact.