30 Nov 2012
When creating files in Linux (and other OS’s) there’s the usual convention of .txt for text files, .c for C files, etc - you just pick them up as you go along.
But there’s actually a manpage that lists the common conventions - “who knew”?
% man suffixes
SUFFIXES(7) Linux Programmer's Manual SUFFIXES(7)
NAME
suffixes - list of file suffixes
DESCRIPTION
It is customary to indicate the contents of a file with the file suffix, which consists of a
period, followed by one or more letters. Many standard utilities, such as compilers, use this
...
.asm │ (GNU) assembler source file
.au │ Audio sound file
.aux │ LaTeX auxiliary file
...