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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9615-8_22

22. Everything Is a File

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

  • The definition of a file

  • What “everything is a file” really means and why it is important

  • The implications of “everything is a file”

  • How to use common Linux file management tools to access hardware as files

This is one of the most important concepts that makes Linux especially flexible and powerful: everything is a file. That is, everything can be the source of a data stream, the target of a data stream, or in many cases both. In this chapter you will explore what ...

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