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suffixes - list of file suffixes

It is customary to indicate the contents of a file with the file suffix, which (typically) consists of a period, followed by one or more letters. Many standard utilities, such as compilers, use this to recognize the type of file they are dealing with. The *make*(1) utility is driven by rules based on file suffix.

Following is a list of suffixes which are likely to be found on a Linux system.

TABLE

General UNIX conventions.

This list is not exhaustive.

*file*(1), *make*(1)

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