Questions tagged [file-format]
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Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?
A certain cellphone maker has changed the default format of taking pictures to HEIF (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format), without asking the users (although there is still the option to use jpeg/...
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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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Do file extensions have any purpose in Linux?
Linux determines a file's type via code in the file's header. This process doesn't depend on file extensions to know which software to use for opening the file.
(That's what I remember from my ...
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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 an application for reading mobi files?
Is there e-book reader on Ubuntu that read mobi file format?
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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 software should I install for opening .stl files?
I use Ubuntu 12.10. What software can I install that can open Physible .stl files? And what are the differences between these softwares?
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How to properly view a .sqlite file using sqlite?
I have installed the program sqlite in order to view file types with that extension, however even after reading its help documentation and its manpage, I am still confused about how I get it to show ...
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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 play VOB files that were inside a DVD disc?
I just downloaded a DVD which is for a movie. After uncompressing the DVD file I see .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files. If I open the first .VOB file it shows me the DVD menu but I can't interact with it. So, ...
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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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Native flac .cue splitter
I have some .flac albums I ripped as one big file to save some space (Lossless CD rips are roughly 500MB each). Now that I have more storage I would like to split them back to their original files.
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What are '.save' files?
I have been writing several bash scripts, and I have found that while writing them that extra copies of the files have been created which seem to be identical in contents to the normal files, except ...
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When creating a new text file, should I add a .txt extension to its name?
When I create a new document aimed at containing only plain text, I am not obliged by Ubuntu to add a .txt extension to its name. It works indeed very well: gedit opens it without problem, ...
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Mounting Disk Image in Raw format
While trying to mount a disk image in Raw(dd) format using the following command
mount nps-2010-emails.dd /media/manu/
I get the following error message
mount: you must specify the filesystem ...
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How to assign (set) a MIME type to a file?
Is there any command that could set MIME type of a file? for example:
mime --set --MIME="image/pjpeg" filename.jpg
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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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What are .run files?
What exactly are .run files and what are they used for? I've seen a couple of those lately and I'm simply wondering what file format it is used for.
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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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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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Why is it possible to convert a file just by renaming its extension?
When you rename files with a different extension, most of the time it does not work. But, if you have a .png file, you can just rename image.png to image.jpeg or image.gif, and it automatically gets ...
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How can I view a Microsoft Publisher .pub file?
I need to view a .pub file. How can I view the file or convert it to a more mainstream format (such as a PDF?)
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How can I stop Files from oversimplifying file types?
When I sort files by type in Files, both JPEG and TIFF file types are described unhelpfully as "Image". This oversimplification makes sorting effectively useless for me:
When writing this question I ...
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How can I find all video files on my system?
I tried using the Unity Lens File search for *.* and filtering by Last Modified=All, Type=Videos, and Size=All, but found nothing, although I know there are some .3gp files in my Pictures folder. I ...
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List all files that do not have extensions
I want to list all files in a directory that don't have extensions.
For example:
$ ls
a.txt b c.pdf d e.png
$ ls -someOption
b d
What command I can use instead of ls -...
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Does 'Ubuntu One Mobile' support Ogg Vorbis?
The standard audio-format for music in Rhythmbox is Ogg. For some reason none of my music encoded as OggVorbis shows up in the Ubuntu One Mobile Music application on my Android phone. The MP3s do show ...
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How do I play m3u8 files?
I would really like to play m3u8 files (more specifically, http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/NTV-Public-IPS.m3u8) but when I try to run it on VLC player, it goes on to multiple .ts files with a ...
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Correct file extensions
I have about 12000 images of different file types but every one of them was renamed *.jpg.
Now I want to give them their proper extensions back, how can I do it
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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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Why do some applications have files with no extension? [closed]
Why do developers choose to not use file extensions for certain files? Here is an example from MediaWiki -
This appears with intention, e.g 'CREDITS' and 'COPYING' is with legal intent, perhaps. Why ...
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Opening an .accdb file in Ubuntu?
I've received a Microsoft Access .accdb file (version 2010 I believe) that I need to get some data from.
How can I open it in Ubuntu? Is there any tool that would allow me to do so?
PS: Read-only is ...
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Installing a program downloaded as a .tgz [duplicate]
How to install a program with the.tgz extention?
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How to convert an .xcf file/image to JPEG or PNG?
I use the GIMP photo editor which automatically saves the converted files in .xcf format, but they cannot be reopened with any other app. How can I convert or save my images as JPEG or PNG?
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Force file extension to open with specific app (Extensions like .exe, .jpg, .mp4...)
I have already read the question about Creating .desktop files to use on the "Open with other application" tab but this is not what I want, I want to be able to click on the file in Dash or ...
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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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Group files in some folders
I have some files with different extensions such as *.pdf, *.mp3, *.jpg and a few others. All of them are stored in a parent directory.
How can I get a list of all extensions, create some folders ...
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How to list text files without a .txt file extension?
For example, how can I replicate:
ls *.txt
when my text files are missing the .txt ending, and as far as extensions go appear the same as many other types of file?
Alternatively, is it possible to ...
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How are file-extensions/mime-types/icons/default applications associated?
Is there a way / application to add a file extension / mime-type to the system. What I want to achieve is:
Have a default program for opening files of this type
Have a special icon for this filetype
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How do I open inDesign CS5 files?
this post may seem like a duplicate from my other post, "Is is possible to export Inkscape files for inDesign?" but this completely different.
I need to open my inDesign CS5 files in Ubuntu but I can'...
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How to highlight just the name (not the extension) for renaming?
Is there a way to turn it off so that when you're renaming a file, it doesn't highlight the extension?
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How to open sitx files?
I want to open a sitx file. I tried to open it using Unar and 7zip, but I did not succeed.
What is the right application to open sitx files?
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List files of particular extension
Ok this is strange. I am using this code,
ls *.prj
To list all the files with the .prj extension in the dir but I am getting this error,
bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
I eventually wish ...
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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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Convert PDF to Word Using Libreoffice in terminal
I am using the following libreoffice command to convert my pdf files into word(doc)
lowriter --headless --infilter='writer_pdf_import' --convert-to doc:"MS Word 2007 XML" sample.pdf
After ...
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How do I save a LibreOffice Calc file for opening in Excel?
I am trying to save a file in LibreOffice Calc that is still usable in Microsoft Office Excel. Save as .xlms doesn't work.
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Setting different default applications for different Desktop Environments
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with default Unity interface. I installed later the KDE desktop, XFCE, LXDE, gnome-shell and Cinnamon.
The KDE comes with different default applications than Unity, such as
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Open encrypted .dmg file?
I have an old encrypted .dmg file I would like to open. Tried what I could but now I am out of options.
Option 1: dmg2img
Getting error message: dmg image is corrupted
Then I tried to use vfdecrypt, ...
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Does Ubuntu carry over Windows filenames (png, exe, ect.) or does it have its own? [duplicate]
If they do I'd love to learn the names of them and what they do.
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Writes occurring to fresh ext4 partition every second endlessly. Cause and solution?
I've an external 500GB HDD connected to my Laptop which runs Ubuntu 12.04. I've formatted the external drive with one ext4 partition which spans the entire disk.
My problem is that the disk makes ...
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