Common filename Extensions

Question 1

Q: What type of file uses the .bin extension in Linux?

Answer 1

A: Binary executable program files (similar to .exe files in Windows).

Question 2

Q: What type of file uses the .c extension?

Answer 2

A: C programming language source code files.

Question 3

Q: What file extensions are used for C++ source code files?

Answer 3

A: .cc and .cpp.

Question 4

Q: What do the .html and .htm extensions represent?

Answer 4

A: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) files.

Question 5

Q: What is the .ps file extension used for?

Answer 5

A: Files formatted for printing with PostScript.

Question 6

Q: What does the .txt file extension represent?

Answer 6

A: Text files.

Question 7

Q: What type of file uses the .tar extension?

Answer 7

A: Archived files that contain other files.

Question 8

Q: What are .gz, .bz2, .xz, and .Z file extensions used for?

Answer 8

A: Compressed files.

Question 9

Q: What do .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, and .tar.Z represent?

Answer 9

A: Compressed archived files.

Question 10

Q: What are .conf and .cfg file extensions used for?

Answer 10

A: Configuration files (contain text).

Question 11

Q: What does the .so extension stand for?

Answer 11

A: Shared object (programming library) files.

Question 12

Q: What file types use the .o and .ko extensions?

Answer 12

A: Compiled object files.

Question 13

Q: What does the .pl extension represent?

Answer 13

A: PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language) programs.

Question 14

Q: What does the .tcl extension represent?

Answer 14

A: Tcl (Tool Command Language) programs.

Question 15

Q: What image file extensions are common in Linux?

Answer 15

A: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .xpm, and .gif.

Question 16

Q: What does the .sh file extension indicate?

Answer 16

A: Shell scripts (text files executed by the shell).