[Linux] Linux File types

1. - : regular file
2. d : directory
3. c : character device file
4. b : block device file
5. s : local socket file
6. p : named pipe
7. l : symbolic link

Character device

Character and block device files allow users and programs to communicate with hardware peripheral devices.

For example:

$ ls -ld /dev/vmmon  crw------- 1 root root 10, 165 Jan 4 10:13 /dev/vmmon

In this case the character device is the vmware module device.

Block Device

Block devices are similar to character devices. They mostly govern hardware as hard drives, memory, etc.

$ ls -ld /dev/sda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jan 4 10:12 /dev/sda

 

ref. https://linuxconfig.org/identifying-file-types-in-linux

Identifying File types in Linux - LinuxConfig.org

 

character device file 의 사용

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