Hour 6. Manipulating File Attributes

In addition to files and directories, UNIX supports several special file types along with a set of attributes for each file and directory. Shell scripts are often called upon to create special files and manipulate file attributes. This chapter discusses the following topics related to special files and file attributes:

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