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how many types of file in unix?

Answer Posted / manish

1. Regular file:(-):contains data in either text format or
binary format
2. Directory file:(d):contains entries of files
3. FIFO file:(f):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
same system
4. Block special file:(b):name given 2 special blocks of
hard disk
5. Sybolic file:(l):its a link or pointer to already
existing file
6. Socket file:(s):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
different system in a network
7. Character special file:(c):handles only characted
formatted data
eg.stdin, stdout, stderr

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