Typically, a .exe file found on Linux could be a mono application, getting the .exe extension as a convention coming from the Windows/. Net world.

What is the extension of an executable in Linux?

On Unix/Linux, executables don’t have an extension, just an executable bit. .exe is a windows thing. Unix doesn’t care about extensions. Executability is based on metadata on the file as well as the file’s contents.

What is the extension for an executable file?

An executable file has a filename extension of .exe (Windows) or no filename extension (UNIX).