So the dotfile is resolved but the solution: shopt -s dotglob; for i in *; do echo -n "$i "; done still isn't valid unfortunately because of the extra space

So the dotfile is resolved but the solution: shopt -s dotglob; for i in *; do echo -n "$i "; done still isn't valid unfortunately because of the extra space at the end, maybe it should be more forgiving about that.