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I'm running the zsh shell in emacs. When I run ls I get a = at the end of .sock files. What does the = mean? Is it unique to unix sockets?

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According to the coreutils documentation under --classify (alias -F), = is for sockets:

Append a character to each file name indicating the file type. Also, for regular files that are executable, append ‘*’. The file type indicators are ‘/’ for directories, ‘@’ for symbolic links, ‘|’ for FIFOs, ‘=’ for sockets, ‘>’ for doors, and nothing for regular files. Do not follow symbolic links listed on the command line unless the --dereference-command-line (-H), --dereference (-L), or --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir options are specified.

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  • Neato, thank you. Never heard of doors as a formal name before.
    – c-o-d
    Jan 1, 2014 at 16:35
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    and if you didn't actually type --classify or --indicator-style=classify, it was probably added by an alias.
    – Robin Green
    Jan 1, 2014 at 16:36
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    @EdgarAroutiounian Doors are a Solaris feature, not widely adopted, and in particular not available on Linux.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Jan 1, 2014 at 23:08

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