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Are you allowed to come up with any desired file extension (for Unix, Linux, Windows)?

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Mar 15, 2026863 views
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I want to create a file called "message" that contains text only. How does the system know what program to use to read it if I decide to call it: message.txt? message.dat? message.enc? message.cpz? message.asdfasdf? message.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz? message.this_is_so_random? or just 'message' wi…

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Fix for: Are you allowed to come up with any desired file extension (for Unix, Linux, Windows)?

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Linux (/Ubuntu) does not depend on the file extension as Windows does. Every file has a part inside it where it identifies itself as to what it is. To show what a random file is we have the command . Some random examples: You can also find the from …

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