Linux file Types

"Unix systems,everything is a file: if something is not a file,it is process."A linux system, just like unix ,makes no difference between a file and a directory,since a directory just a file containig names of other files.
File type in a long list:-
- Regular file
d Directory
l Link
c Special file (character (unbuffered) device file special )
s Socket
p Named pipe
b Block device

for more information:- http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html