THE UNIX ACRONYM LIST

File Name Extensions

A C G H I L O P S T V Y Z

AcronymMeaning
.a archive
.c C
.cpp C++ ("C plus plus")
.cxx C++ (the plus signs are rotated 45 °; found on file systems that don't allow plus signs in file names)
.C C++ (on systems where CC is the C++ compiler)
.gz GNU zip
.h header
.i intermediate (?)
.l lex
.o object code
.ps Postscript
.sa stub archive
.so shared object
.tgz tar gz
,v version
.y yacc
.Z ? (not Ziv because compress uses Huffmann encoding)

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