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Everything in Linux is a file. This is a common phrase related to Linux. As and when one gradually learns Linux, he/she gets to understand the fundamentals behind this phrase. In Linux even hardware devices are recognized as files. These are known as Linux device files or special files. Here in this article, we shall be compass the way Linux deals with Device files.

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