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Basic introduction to Linux file types

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A good introduction to Linux file types for beginners

Linux uses four basic file types:

linux file types

* ordinary files
* directories
* symbolic links
* block and character device files

You determine a file's type by issuing the command and reading the first character of each row of the output.
The typical output of the ls command is as follows:

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