Questions tagged [file-format]
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What are the '~' files created when I edit something and can I delete them? [duplicate]
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Prevent gedit from creating files with the '~' suffix
I've noticed that every time i edit or in anyway modify a .txt, .php, .html, .doc etc file, after I save it, an ...
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Why are text files created on ubuntu not recognised as windows notepad files?
Whenever I want to access a text file created on ubuntu using Windows, it looks as if the file extension is not recognised. I always have to choose open with and then select notepad.
Is there any ...
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How do i enable hinting for streaming in mp4 files?
I have used MP4Box in the past to enable hinting on mp4 files in the past but it looks like its no longer in the repositories. Is there anything else that can be used or do i need to compile from ...
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Ubuntu apps open folders instead of documents?
I must have done something to Ubuntu 12.04 on my latop because a few weeks ago, various applications (Chrome, Calibre, etc.) have stopped opening documents (like PDFs, zip files, etc.). What happens ...
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Is there a way to quickly change all the file extensions of all files in a folder?
I have a large folder of .m4b audio books which in their current format won't play on my Android phone. However they do work fine if they are renamed to .m4a
Is there a quick method or terminal ...
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How to edit mime types on precise [closed]
In precise, when I try to change default icon for a specific file type with Assogiate, there is no effects; not even if I try this operation under root rights. Are there some workarounds known for ...
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How to open .xmi files
Is there any app that can open .xmi files in Ubuntu?
File created in the XMI (XML Metadata Interchange) format, an XML file format most commonly used for exchanging UML diagrams; stores model design ...
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I am not able to delete a corrupt NTFS partition on my pen drive. How can I force its deletion?
I formatted my 16GB pen drive with the NTFS file system in windows vista. After that I started copying some files. However, only a few files were copied to the pen drive before the copy operation hung....
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How to register a shell script as the main application for a given file extension
I have a shell script "the_script" that I would like to register as the default application for the files with the extension ".ext". For this purpose, I have written an xml file to register the mime ...
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How to extract files from a split 7zip archive?
I downloaded a series of packages that all compress one thing. The files end in .0, .1, .2, etc.
The User Lists of these packages I downloaded say to use the file.bat to successfully extract, or to ...
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how to read files recovored by scalpel?
I used scalpel to recover some deleted jpg files. Now I have files which look like this: jpg-1-21, jpg-1-22 etc... but don't know how to open them. I tried with image viewer, but it says there's no ...
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Save .csv with formulas?
It seems to be an undocumented/unsupported feature, but if you open a csv (comma separated spreadsheet) with Libreoffice, it will calculate formulas that start with = in the text file. Unfortunately I ...
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What program can I use to open an .itf file? (interlace file)
After looking around for a couple hours, I can only find that files with this extension are associated with JPI TopSpeed Pascal.
The files were generated by a cable tester and I have no idea what the ...
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Did I lose my personal files?? Help!
My U11.10 was not booting up. I tried to "repair" by reinstalling using live CD, option "Upgrade from 11.10 to 11.10" (none of your personal files will be touched). When the installation was almost ...
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How to delete all the files with a certain extension from a folder and all of its subfolders? [duplicate]
I want to remove all the .jpg files from my Music folder in order to save room. My Music folder contains subfolders, and I would like to know if there is a command to remove all the .jpg files from ...
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How to open word 5.0 files?
I tried Libreoffice but failed.
I used the file command, but it only recognizes the file as "data".
Is there a way to open a very old format like a Word 5.0 file?
After I use catdoc,it shows this ...
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Batch convert ai files to pdf / png etc
Does anybody know of software that can batch convert .ai into another format? Preferably png or pdf?
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How can I force Firefox to open a aspx file?
http://www.morningstar.es/Default.aspx asks for a file operation (open with xxx app or safe), http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx, however opens without a hitch (as in this thread).
Any ...
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Editing of a saved LibreOffice writer document in MS WordPad
I am new to Libre Office. I have a problem with the format in which to save a office document (when comparing to Microsoft office)
I have set up my Libre office writer doc (call it a master ...
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How can I open .TC extensions in Truecrypt by default and mount automatically? [closed]
I have Truecrypt installed on my Ubuntu 64 bit machine and I have many Truecrypt partitions that I share with friends.
Its not always convenient to:
Open truecrypt > browse to the file and then ...
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Can I open Peazip files on windows operating system?
Can I open peazip files with winrar or winzip on Windows operating system? If they can not be open is there a way to create rar and zip files that can be open on Linux and Windows operating systems?
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How to sort files by file extensions through the command line?
This is my question: How to sort files by file extensions through the command line?
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How to add an extension to all files via terminal
I would like to add the .zip extension to all files. I tried this, however it does not work:
ls | awk '{print $1 " " $1".zip"}' | xargs mv -f
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Where is "Applications > System Tools > File Types Editor" in 10.10?
I was following this link to set up for opening Internet Explorer .url files. But I cannot find "Applications > System Tools > File Types Editor" in 10.10. So I wonder how to do this equivalently in ...
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How to play APE (Monkey's audio) files?
How can I play APE (Monkey's audio) files in Ubuntu 11.10?
Thanks in advance!
Solution:
I finally installed ffmpeg as duffydack suggested, using the instructions from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/...
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Hide desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files
I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my computer. Now I have a problem, I want to hide the desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files Windows automaticly creates.
I can't rename all files to .desktop.ini and .Thumbs....
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Is it possible to view WebP images in nautilus / photo program?
I've converted some images from jpeg to google's WebP image format, which reduces my images' size by about 90%!
The big problem is that WebP images can only be viewed with a web browser, not with ...
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Memory stick not formatting?
I have a 8gb memory stick pro duo that is refusing to format or be read correctly.
While deleting a file off of it from my Playstation Portable, the battery got accidentally knocked out.
Now, nothing ...
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How I can extract files, name.iso.001 name.iso.002 and so on
I just downloaded some materials, but the extensions are not recognized by Ubuntu.
I have a bunch of files names name.iso.001, name.iso.002 and so on.
How I can extract or mount it?
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What programs can display an RTFD (rich text + attachments) document?
Nothing on my Ubuntu 11 system seems to automatically open rtfd files.
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LibreOffice export compatibility with .doc
I know I can open .doc files in LibreOffice, but can I save a new document as a .doc? You used to be able to do so in OpenOffice, but I can't find anything in LibreOffice to do that.
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How do I erase/format a harddisk from a live CD?
I need to format a drive containing an old install of Ubuntu 10.04, to install Vista (not my idea!) Vista setup apparently refuses to format non-FAT32 or NTFS partitions. However, I can't seem to ...
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Asogiate won't work on 11.04. How do I fix that?
Asogiate is a filetype editor (MIME), and on 11.04 if gives an error about the database being malformed, then won't work. How do I get around this?
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How to open .arc file
I have a Contacts.arc file which took from a nokia phone as a back-up of contacts.Now my mobile is lost and i want to see some numbers.Is there any application to open .arc file in ubuntu?. I searched ...
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Is Ubuntu One be able to store RAW and AVI files?
Is Ubuntu One be able to store RAW file and AVI video format. I cant find an answer on this question on here. I have tried and none of my files were able to be copied
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Assign run command for all media files
Currently Totem/Movie Player opens and plays any type of media files, be it audio or video - is there a way to change that run command?
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I am already aware of properties option from right-click'...
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How to convert multiple ISO8859-1 to UTF-8
Am trying to convert several SQL files from ISO8859-1 to UTF-8
Am doing the following command:
iconv -f ISO_8859-1 -t UTF-8 *.sql
What i get is an output of their content to the terminal which is ...
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How can I open a .dmg file?
I've got a .dmg file, and I can't figure out how to open it. How can I open it?
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Splitting an MP4 file
What is the fastest and least resource consuming method for splitting an MP4 file?
I tried ffmpeg but got an error:
$ ffmpeg -vcodec copy -ss 0 -t 00:10:00 -i /home/asafche/Videos/myVideos/MAH00124....
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What do you use to edit Microsoft Word documents (docx)?
What alternatives exist for editing Microsoft Word documents (docx)?
I know about OpenOffice and Google docs. What else is out there?
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Does LibreOffice Support AmiPro Format (.sam)?
I was reading that LibreOffice was finally opening up in supporting many of the formats that were eventually been closed in OpenOffice every time an update appeared. I see that Lotus 1,2,3 and WordPro ...
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EOG (Image Viewer) fails to open gif files with incorrect png extension - how can I solve this?
I have a bunch of files that have .png extension. However, some of them are actually gif files. I can open any of the files with gimp or view them in firefox, but when I try to open them with the Eye ...
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Can I present a powerpoint presentation with sound?
It is possible to demonstrate .PPT with audio under Ubuntu?
example such of .ppt - it is short tales for kids
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Is there an application for reading mobi files?
Is there e-book reader on Ubuntu that read mobi file format?
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How can I extract .bin (image) files?
I need to extract a .bin file and I have no idea how to do it in Ubuntu. In Windows I usually used to do it using MagicISO.
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Problem opening SFX archive file(.exe) using the archive manager [closed]
I have installed both rar and unrar using apt-install but I am still not able to use archive manager for opening the archive file.. I have also tried installing p7zip(p7zip-full and p7zip) but no ...
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How do I view an Outlook .msg file?
I need to view a .msg file. It is an email from Microsoft Outlook. How can I do this in Ubuntu?
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Is there a Powerpoint (PPT) to text/html converter?
Is there a ppt to text/html converter for Ubuntu/*nix?
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Handle Doc/Docx Templates on a headless server to produce PDFs preferably without using OpenOffice.org
On a production web server I have to produce letters based on a template I got in MS-Word binary format. I use PHP and for the search and replace task I found PHPWord, which can handle Docx files, so ...
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Open or convert .cdr files?
I have a scanned image, and it's in Corel Draw (.cdr) format (~6mb). Is there a way to open it, or convert it to something that I can manage? I tried http://filespazz.com/ a few times, but it didn't ...
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