I have seen this quite a few times. In some random directories there is usually a .uuid file or directory therein. The directories are nothing special so as to speak. They are mostly random media files or files I have downloaded from somewhere or the other. Then why do these uuid files exist. The filesystem is ext4 and am using Debian buster.
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Do the random files include any font files, or files with a filename suffix matching those of any font file types? And does your desktop environment include a tool or library that would produce a preview of font files, or a custom icon for them?
fontconfig creates .uuid files in directories like ~/.fontconfig. I guess some sort of font previewer might be doing its job by invoking fontconfig with a custom directory, and thus cause the .uuid files be dropped into directories where possible font files exist.
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Source : Link , Question Author : shirish , Answer Author : telcoM
