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@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ filesystem metadata,
heuristics based on file signatures (a.k.a "magic numbers"), heuristics based on file signatures (a.k.a "magic numbers"),
and sometimes file extension. and sometimes file extension.
.. TODO: add links about how Linux decides file formats.
A file's executable status is separate from its file extension, A file's executable status is separate from its file extension,
and an executable text file written in a scripting language can indicate how to run it using the `first-line shebang convention`_, and an executable text file written in a scripting language can indicate how to run it using the `first-line shebang convention`_,
e.g. ``#!/usr/bin/env python3 -i``. e.g. ``#!/usr/bin/env python3 -i``.
@@ -807,7 +809,7 @@ Want to restart your networking daemon? Run ``sudo /etc/init.d/networking restar
Another benefit of textuality is ease of using search engines to find similar problems. Another benefit of textuality is ease of using search engines to find similar problems.
Many a Linux user has thought they had found a new bug, Many a Linux user has thought they had found a new bug,
only to run a quick web search that turned up dozens of users with the same issue. only to run a quick web search that turned up dozens of users with the same issue.
(The `Arch Linux BBS forum`_, for example, tends to be `ahead of the curve`_ on bug reports.) (The `Arch Linux BBS forum and bug tracker`_, for example, tends to be `ahead of the curve`_ on bug reports.)
.. _Arch Linux BBS forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/ .. _Arch Linux BBS forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/
.. _ahead of the curve: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40444 .. _ahead of the curve: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40444