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What is a .cloc file?

In a software package I downloaded, I found this file.

Code:

chris@chris-crunch:~/apps/caffe-master$ cat caffe.cloc 

Bourne Shell

    filter remove_matches ^\s*#

    filter remove_inline #.*$

    extension sh

    script_exe sh

C

    filter remove_matches ^\s*//

    filter call_regexp_common C

    filter remove_inline //.*$

    extension c

    extension ec

    extension pgc

C++

    filter remove_matches ^\s*//

    filter remove_inline //.*$

    filter call_regexp_common C

    extension C

    extension cc

    extension cpp

    extension cxx

    extension pcc

C/C++ Header

    filter remove_matches ^\s*//

    filter call_regexp_common C

    filter remove_inline //.*$

    extension H

    extension h

    extension hh

    extension hpp

CUDA

    filter remove_matches ^\s*//

    filter remove_inline //.*$

    filter call_regexp_common C

    extension cu

Python

    filter remove_matches ^\s*#

    filter docstring_to_C

    filter call_regexp_common C

    filter remove_inline #.*$

    extension py

make

    filter remove_matches ^\s*#

    filter remove_inline #.*$

    extension Gnumakefile

    extension Makefile

    extension am

    extension gnumakefile

    extension makefile

    filename Gnumakefile

    filename Makefile

    filename gnumakefile

    filename makefile

    script_exe make

I have no idea what a .cloc file is, so I 'read' it with cat to find out more. I understand nothing, apart from the fact that these seem to be different codes?

I have googled what a .cloc file is but have not been able to find anything remotely helpful. Can anyone explain to me what this is, or where to find out more? Thanks :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris_crunch (Post 5501597)

In a software package I downloaded, I found this file.

Code:

chris@chris-crunch:~/apps/caffe-master$ cat caffe.cloc

I have no idea what a .cloc file is, so I 'read' it with cat to find out more. I understand nothing, apart from the fact that these seem to be different codes? I have googled what a .cloc file is but have not been able to find anything remotely helpful. Can anyone explain to me what this is, or where to find out more? Thanks :D

Putting "linux cloc file" into Google pulls up lots. The VERY FIRST HIT is:
http://cloc.sourceforge.net/

...which tells you that cloc stands for Count Lines Of Code. Essentially, it's a code checker/parser, and those are patterns used for various different types of programming languages.

Also, when asking such things, it'd be nice if you said what package it was you found this in and where you got it, rather than "a software package I downloaded", which tells us nothing.

In your case it is a text file. Some other commands use it as input.

Linux isn't really well tied to the extensions like windows is.

http://linux.die.net/man/1/cloc

Isn't google wonderful?
Practically sucks the question out of your skull.

You may have installed cafe and not known what it was for and this is residual. It is a text file and tells that program how to handle things.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro (Post 5501991)

You may have installed cafe and not known what it was for and this is residual. It is a text file and tells that program how to handle things.

Is it like a cron job?

Oh okay, so it's basically there to make sure the program is running properly...
Sorry guys that was a rather silly question; I think I phrased the question rather badly in the google searchbar...

Thanks for your time, again...!

Best to cut to the chase with google only key words or some phrases like "how to..." this may help: http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/p...es/bones.shtml :)

I didn't mind the question. It was a good question. Just kind of confusing to me as caffe is an odd program to have.