Details of extension .pl

5 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) in our database

Below, you can find answers to the following questions:

• What is the .pl file?
• Which program can create the .pl file?
• Where can you find a description of the .pl format?
• What can convert .pl files to a different format?
• Which MIME-type is associated with the .pl extension?

.pl

Perl Script

Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more.

Description link

Category: Development files

Application: Perl

Program name: perl.exe

Mime-type: application/x-perl

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

perl, prl

Links:

-

Related extensions:

.cgi

Common Gateway Interface

.php

PHP Script

.py

Python Script

.jsa

JRun Server Application

.fly

Fly Script

.tcl

TCL Script

.vm

Velocity Macro File

.sh

Unix Shell Script

.pm

Perl Module

.pl

SWI-Prolog Source Code

PL file is a SWI-Prolog Source Code. SWI-Prolog offers a comprehensive Free Software Prolog environment, licensed under the Lesser GNU Public License.

Description link

Category: Development files

Application: SWI-Prolog

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Links:

-

Related extensions:

.qlf

SWI-Prolog Quick Load File

.pl

TeX Property List

PL file is a TeX Property List. TeX is a typesetting system which was designed and written by Donald Knuth.

Detailed description not available

Category: Data files

Application: teTeX

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Links:

MikTeX

Related extensions:

.afm

Adobe Font Metrics

.cpi

MS-DOS Code Page Information

.fog

Fontographer Font Project

.fon

Windows Bitmap Font

.pfa

Postscript Type1 ASCII Font

.pfb

Postscript Type1 Font Binary

.ttf

TrueType Font

.fdb

Font Definition Block

.tcp

TeXnicCenter Project

.pl

Fractal Zplot Palette Data

PL file is a Fractal Zplot Palette Data. Fractal Zplot is an interactive program for generating fractal images.

Detailed description not available

Category: Data files

Application: Fractal Zplot

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Links:

-

Related extensions:

.fsz

Fractal Zplot Data

.pl

BRL-CAD 2D Plot Data

PL file is a BRL-CAD 2D Plot Data. BRL-CAD is a constructive solid geometry (CSG) solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) system.

Detailed description not available

Category: Data files

Application: BRL-CAD

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Links:

-

Related extensions:

.brl

BRL-CAD Document

.pix

BRL-CAD RAW Image

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Can't open a .pl file?

If you want to open a .pl file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the .pl association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message:

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.pl

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

• Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
• In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
• Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android