Prevent gEdit from creating files that end with a tilde (~)
My home directory is full of files ending with tilde (~) created by gEdit. These are backup files created by gEdit when it modifies a file. We can set gEdit not to create backup files by going to Edit > Preferences > Editor and unchecking “Create backup copy before saving”
To remove the all those backup files in one step you can try the script described here
http://dambalah.com/?s=gedit
