Introduction to GNU/Linux

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Filesystem File Types

File types and their corresponding character in the first column of the output of `ls -l`.
File Type	First column of `ls -l` output
Regular file	`-`
Block device	`b`
Character device	`c`
Directory	`d`
Symbolic link	`l`
FIFO (named pipe)	`p`
Socket	`s`