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List all unique extensions for files contained in a directory

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Mar 15, 202619098 views
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Problem

I would like to see all the unique extension of files contained in a certain directory. What is the command to do that in bash? One could use to get all the files in the current directory, then strip the extension, and pipe it to . What's the easiest way to strip the extension?

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find . -type f

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Try this: It outputs nothing for: Files with no extension Files with names that end in a dot Hidden files It also might be useful to pipe it to .

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