Linux Files
One of the things that made the Unix operating system unique when it was first created back in the 1970s was that it treats everything on the computer system as a file: hardware devices, data, network connections, everything. That simplified the way programs interact with hardware, and with each other, because no matter where your data comes from, the Unix operating system handles it the same way. While that may seem odd, it’s what revolutionized the computer world and made the Unix operating system so popular.
However, because everything is a file, there are some issues that you’ll run into. One of those issues is trying to identify file types. This section walks through how Linux handles file names and shows some hints on how you ...
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