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filetype - file type reporting program
filetype [ -s filetype-spec
file ] [ -h, --help ] [ -v, --version ] [ -d, --debug ] [ --log-stdout ] [ --log-stderr
] [ --log-syslog ] [ -f namefile ] file ...
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version 0.0.1 of the filetype command. filetype tries to classify each file
given to it. The file(s) to classify can be given on the command line as
usual file arguments (i.e. after the options), or in a file where the files
to classify are listed on separate lines, or in standard input. filetype
tests against a binary database with information about file types, which
should be located at /etc/filetype.spec unless you specify otherwise with
the -s option. If the file is known, information about it is printed on standard
output. Otherwise the tag "Unknown" is used.
- -s filetype-spec file
- Use
this file to test against rather than the default /etc/filetype.spec
- -h,
--help
- Show usage.
- -v, --version
- Show version.
- -d, --debug
- Print debugging messages
(warning: large output)
- --log-stdout
- Send verbose/debug output to stdout.
- --log-stderr
- Send verbose/debug output to stderr.
- --log-syslog
- Send verbose/debug output
to syslog if available.
- -f namefile
- A file (or stdin if ’-’) containing a list
of files to test. Multiple file list can be used by using multiple ’-f file’
arguments.
file(1)
, filetype-compile(1)
, libfiletype(2)
.
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