For the 2011 novel, see Reamde. For the 2022 memoir, see README.txt.
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In software development, a README file contains information about the other files in a directory or archive of computer software. A form of documentation, it is usually a simple plain text file called README, Read Me, READ.ME, README.TXT,[1]README.md (to indicate the use of Markdown), or README.1ST.[2]
The file's name is generally written in uppercase. On Unix-like systems in particular, this causes it to stand out – both because lowercase filenames are more common, and because the ls command commonly sorts and displays files in ASCII-code order, in which uppercase filenames will appear first.[nb 1]
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simple plain text file called README, Read Me, READ.ME, README.TXT, README.md (to indicate the use of Markdown), or README.1ST. The file's name is generally...
cannot be a readme.txt and a Readme.txt in the same directory) but case-preserving mode (so that a file created as readme.txt is shown as readme.txt and a...
Context Name Namespace name Local name Path /home/user/readme.txt /home/user (directory) readme.txt (file name) Domain name www.example.com example.com...
source] "OpenFL ReadMe". OpenFL on Github. July 10, 2019. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018. "OpenFL ReadMe". OpenFL on...
virtualization. We then forked the VFS for Git codebase to create Scalar. "README | Scalar". GitHub. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021...
elsewhere in online forums, collaborative software, documentation pages, and readme files. The initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and raised...
Security Response. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2006. "psyBNC Readme". psybnc.at. Retrieved 10 April 2011. Carey, Chris (18 July 2009). "IRC...
other ones from its official list. Notable items from the IE for Unix 5.0 Readme: "Internet Explorer 5 for UNIX supports most of the features and technologies...
encrypted git". keybase.io. Retrieved 19 April 2019. "Dulwich GitHub Repository README.md". GitHub. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April...
original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2018. "Admin Guide README". Kernel.org git repositories. M. Tim Jones (May 31, 2006). "Inside the...
June 28, 2010. Bejeweled 2 Readme Archived June 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Bejeweled 2 at PSN UK Bejeweled 2 Readme: Credits Archived June 1, 2010...
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