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Explanation of “Everything is a File” and Types of Files in Linux

If you are new to Linux, or have used it for a few months, then you must have heard or read statements such as ???In Linux, everything is a File???. That is in fact true although it is just a generalization concept, in Unix and its derivatives such as Linux, everything is considered as a file.

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