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Tutorial8: Links / Process Management

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'''inode (index) Number of a File:'''
 
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode
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The '''inode number''' is like a '''finger-print''', and is considered to be '''unique''' for each file on the Unix / Linux file system.<br><br>Referring to the diagram on the far right, issuing the '''ls''' command with the '''-i''' option<br>displays the inode number for each file. You can see that <u>each</u> file<br>(whether it is a directory or regular file) has its own unique inode number.
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