A file type is the kind of file said file is (see file extension).
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Broken file type associations after running update-mime-database
After running sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime my gnome doesn't recognize any file types anymore. In Nautilus all files are now text/plain type and all now open with gedit by default. ...
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what media won't play?
Leaving aside DRM media, are there specific codecs or filetypes which simply won't play on Linux?
I've installed ubuntu-restricted-extras but didn't get libavcodec-extra-53 for example. While ...
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How to associate file types with wine in nautilus
I have Ubuntu 12.10 with Nautilus 3.4.2.
After installing wine "apt-get install wine" are exe files still associated with the archive manager.
In previous versions of ubuntu I've always right ...
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Remove files of certain type, retain directory tree
I'm trying to move a bunch of .doc and .xls files, which are stored in a bunch of folders and subfolders, to a new location. I previously tried cp -r **/{*.doc,*.xls} /wherever/you/want/, which worked ...
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Synchronize default applications between Ubuntu installations
I want to find a way to synchronize the default application preferences for Ubuntu between multiple installations. For example, if I choose Geany as the default text editor for .js files, I want it to ...
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How to create new file without any default file type?
I am creating a new file either by using
in terminal: touch newfilename.someext
or
in nautilus: File > Create New Document > Empty Document
The file takes on the type "plain text document" ...
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What is the meaning of “block special”?
I tried this command on my Linux Ubuntu prompt in Amazon Web Services
sudo file /dev/xvda1
and the output is
/dev/xvda1: block special
What is the meaning of block special in the output?
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How to distinguish doc, ppt, xls files, without looking at file extension
So I was wondering how would you differentiate ppt, xls and doc files from each other in linux regardless of extensions. I tried 'file' but from the looks of it, all of MSOffice files are categorized ...
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Force Unity to open any file with any program
When you drag a file to the Unity launcher, only the applications that are supposed to open that file will remain active, while all others become deactivated.
Is it possible to configure Unity to ...
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Which gstreamer package for which file types?
I know that ubuntu-restricted-extras package provides many more multimedia codecs, flash and java support. But it is a big download and I don't need support for file types, Which I am not using now.
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Question about OLE Files
Are the open format files that are saved with LibreOffice and OpenOffice act like the OLE files that are saved with MS Office?
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Prolog files not recognized
Prolog .pl files are shown as Perl files, both in files browser and in Geany/Gedit syntax-highlighting. Is there a way to let it recognized Prolog files as non Perl files?
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How does Ubuntu know what file type a file without extension is?
As the question goes, how does Ubuntu know what file type a file without extension is?
When I save a file as "Untitled Document" without any extension, how does it know? Same thing for video and ...
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How do I set FBReader as the default mobi ebook reader?
Is there a quick simple way of installing FBReader? Also, how do I fix the filetype not being recognized (mime TYPES?)
I want to set FB Reader as the default Open for mobi ebooks, but it's not ...
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How can I add templates to create different types of files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the “Templates” folder in the home directory for?
I want create different types of files, for exemple: txt, doc, xls, html etc.
How can I add ...
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How do I manually associate a program to a file type in 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating .desktop files to use on the “Open with other application” tab
The interface for associating a file type to a particular application has changed in ...
