Dots in Linux output [closed]

I am recieving an error from an application I am running.

The error looks like this:

john@john-replacement:~/Desktop/yarbu-1.4.8/bin$ sudo yarbu-engine --VERBOSE /usr/local/bin/yarbu-engine: line 996: cd: /usr/local/bin/../../etc/yarbu/conf/default: No such file or directory

What do the dots mean in /usr/local/bin/../../etc/ ?

Thanks.

I am trying to write a very very simple script in Linux. Let me show you the code first:

#!/bin/bash # The shell program uses glob constructs and ls # to list all entries in testfiles, that have 2 # or more dots "." in their name.

ls -l /path/to/file/*.*.*

When I run this code with bash myscript command, I get something like: /path/to/file/file.with.three.dots

But I don't want this.

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Desired output: 1122.91 1022.233 . 2237.23 9382.2339 2998.234 345.257 . .

Any idea? Thanks

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