A suffix appended to the end of a filename, in order to identify the type of file. It is (typically) separated from the filename by a period symbol.
Questions tagged [file-extension]
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Changing file extension in Python
Suppose from index.py with CGI, I have post file foo.fasta to display file. I want to change foo.fasta's file extension to be foo.aln in display file. How can I do it?
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find files by extension, *.html under a folder in nodejs
I'd like to find all *.html files in src folder and all its sub folders using nodejs. What is the best way to do it?
var folder = '/project1/src';
var extension = 'html';
var cb = function(err, results) {
// results is an array of the files with…
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git grep by file extensions
I know that, if I wanted to grep for a pattern only on files with certain extensions, I could do this:
// searches recursively and matches case insensitively in only javascript files
// for "res" from the current directory
grep -iIr --include=*.js…
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Is there an idiomatic file extension for Jinja templates?
I need to programatically distinguish between Jinja template files, other template files (such as ERB), and template-less plain text files.
According to Jinja documentation:
A Jinja template doesn’t need to have a specific extension: .html, .xml,…
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What are .S files?
I've seen .S files in various projects such as in the Linux Kernel, FreeBSD kernel, or in some other projects. What do these files do and why can't we have .c files instead ?
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What are the .db-shm and .db-wal extensions in Sqlite databases?
I am seeing some strange behavior with my application and the state of its database file after running some tests that close the database, delete it, and replace it with a test fixture. When I examine the database file with a tool on my debugging…
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How to get file extension from string in C++
Given a string "filename.conf", how to I verify the extension part?
I need a cross platform solution.
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What does the .csproj file do?
Usually a C# project has a .csproj file associated with it. What is that file for? What data does it contain?
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Changing file extensions for all files in a directory on OS X
I have a directory full of files with one extension (.txt in this case) that I want to automatically convert to another extension (.md).
Is there an easy terminal one-liner I can use to convert all of the files in this directory to a different file…
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Which language uses .pde extension?
While searching for an implementation of the Barnsley's Fern fractal I came across a implementation that has .pde extension. Which programming language uses this extension?
Implementation Page
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Is there a standard file extension for gnuplot files?
I have seen .gnu, .plt, and .gplot as file extensions for gnuplot scripts.
I know Linux doesn't care about file extensions, but what extension most universally declares to human beings "I am a gnuplot script!"?
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Extract file extension from file path
How can I extract the extension of a file given a file path as a character? I know I can do this via regular expression regexpr("\\.([[:alnum:]]+)$", x), but wondering if there's a built-in function to deal with this?
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Which programming language has extension .do
Just wondering which programming languages is used on the web pages with the extension ".do"
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asp.net mvc HttpPostedFileBase getting file extension
public string ContructOrganizationNameLogo(HttpPostedFileBase upload, string OrganizationName, int OrganizationID,string LangName)
{
var UploadedfileName = Path.GetFileName(upload.FileName);
string type = upload.ContentType;
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List of ALL MimeTypes on the Planet, mapped to File Extensions?
Is there a resource that lists ALL the mimeTypes in existence?
I have found a few places with under 1000 mimeTypes, but then they still don't include common ones like .rar, .fla, .rb, .docx!
Does anyone have a COMPLETE list of mimetypes? Not down…
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