What are #file# and file~ and how can I get rid of them?

What are #file# and file~ and how can I get rid of them?

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Open an Emacs buffer when a command tries to open an editor in shell-mode

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Don't display ^M characters with emacs [duplicate]

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Unix file naming convention for effective tab completion?

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eterm-color: Unknown terminal type

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Can I install WhizzyTeX for Emacs on a Mac (is Mac OS X a unix environment)?

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Comparing two text files on a unix system

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create emacs alias that starts in background?

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Emacs cannot save customizations- init file not fully loaded

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Do commands run considerably slower in the emacs shell? How can I prevent this but still use it?

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Why does emacs sometimes insert weird characters at the top of my file?

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How to automatically decompress a custom compressed file when opened in emacs?

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What unix text editor should I learn? [closed]

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Run emacs as separate process from terminal

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Tab complete with KSH in Emacs mode without bindings

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