Directory
The most common special file is the directory. The layout of a directory file is defined by the filesystem used. As several filesystems, both native and non-native, are available under Unix, there is not one directory file layout.
A directory is marked with a d as the first letter in the mode field in the output of `ls -dl` or `stat`, e.g.
Read more about this topic: Unix File Types
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