FILE extention changing while copying from ubundu to windows
I downloaded data in ubundu which has an extention .text/plain bt when i copied it to my windows10 through USB the file extention is changed to '.file'. What should i do now to open it?
windows files file-format file-type
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I downloaded data in ubundu which has an extention .text/plain bt when i copied it to my windows10 through USB the file extention is changed to '.file'. What should i do now to open it?
windows files file-format file-type
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If youfile filename(where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)
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I downloaded data in ubundu which has an extention .text/plain bt when i copied it to my windows10 through USB the file extention is changed to '.file'. What should i do now to open it?
windows files file-format file-type
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I downloaded data in ubundu which has an extention .text/plain bt when i copied it to my windows10 through USB the file extention is changed to '.file'. What should i do now to open it?
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If youfile filename(where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)
– guiverc
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If youfile filename(where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)
– guiverc
1 hour ago
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If you
file filename (where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)– guiverc
1 hour ago
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If you
file filename (where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)– guiverc
1 hour ago
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It appears that Windows adds the .file extension to any file with an extension it doesn't know/recognise. Understandable, because text/plain is not a file extension but rather a 'content type'.
It seems that opening the file has worked on Ubuntu, because GNOME can "associate a media type with a file by examining both the filename suffix and the contents of the file" (Wikipedia).
To open the file in Windows, you can simply change the extension from .file to .txt, which is the most likely filetype. However, depending on where and for what purpose you downloaded the file, it could also be a .dat (data) or other file. If you don't know how to change the file type, I'd advice to Google for it as that seems out of scope for this Ubuntu-oriented site :)
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
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It appears that Windows adds the .file extension to any file with an extension it doesn't know/recognise. Understandable, because text/plain is not a file extension but rather a 'content type'.
It seems that opening the file has worked on Ubuntu, because GNOME can "associate a media type with a file by examining both the filename suffix and the contents of the file" (Wikipedia).
To open the file in Windows, you can simply change the extension from .file to .txt, which is the most likely filetype. However, depending on where and for what purpose you downloaded the file, it could also be a .dat (data) or other file. If you don't know how to change the file type, I'd advice to Google for it as that seems out of scope for this Ubuntu-oriented site :)
answered 59 mins ago
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
– pomsky
2 mins ago
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It appears that Windows adds the .file extension to any file with an extension it doesn't know/recognise. Understandable, because text/plain is not a file extension but rather a 'content type'.
It seems that opening the file has worked on Ubuntu, because GNOME can "associate a media type with a file by examining both the filename suffix and the contents of the file" (Wikipedia).
To open the file in Windows, you can simply change the extension from .file to .txt, which is the most likely filetype. However, depending on where and for what purpose you downloaded the file, it could also be a .dat (data) or other file. If you don't know how to change the file type, I'd advice to Google for it as that seems out of scope for this Ubuntu-oriented site :)
answered 59 mins ago
KoenKoen
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
– pomsky
2 mins ago
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It appears that Windows adds the .file extension to any file with an extension it doesn't know/recognise. Understandable, because text/plain is not a file extension but rather a 'content type'.
It seems that opening the file has worked on Ubuntu, because GNOME can "associate a media type with a file by examining both the filename suffix and the contents of the file" (Wikipedia).
To open the file in Windows, you can simply change the extension from .file to .txt, which is the most likely filetype. However, depending on where and for what purpose you downloaded the file, it could also be a .dat (data) or other file. If you don't know how to change the file type, I'd advice to Google for it as that seems out of scope for this Ubuntu-oriented site :)
answered 59 mins ago
KoenKoen
297324
It appears that Windows adds the .file extension to any file with an extension it doesn't know/recognise. Understandable, because text/plain is not a file extension but rather a 'content type'.
It seems that opening the file has worked on Ubuntu, because GNOME can "associate a media type with a file by examining both the filename suffix and the contents of the file" (Wikipedia).
To open the file in Windows, you can simply change the extension from .file to .txt, which is the most likely filetype. However, depending on where and for what purpose you downloaded the file, it could also be a .dat (data) or other file. If you don't know how to change the file type, I'd advice to Google for it as that seems out of scope for this Ubuntu-oriented site :)
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
– pomsky
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
– pomsky
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Nice one. Just a pointer you can always expand/modify your answer (by clicking 'edit' below it) instead of deleting it and posting a new one :) Similarly you can 'undelete' an answer you deleted.
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't use extensions so it wouldn't be Ubuntu that is changing the name of the file. Whatever program you are using to copy/transfer the file to windows (most likely on the windows end) is changing the filename as a means of 'security' (as windows uses extension to control action; Ubuntu uses file contents). If you
file filename(where filename is the name of your file) you can view the type of file according to Ubuntu or any *nix)– guiverc
1 hour ago