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| 1.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable" | 1.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable" |
| 2.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.42 2002/07/03 18:26:37 christos Exp $ | 2.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.43 2003/02/08 18:33:53 christos Exp $ |
| 3.SH NAME 4file 5\- determine file type 6.SH SYNOPSIS 7.B file 8[ | 3.SH NAME 4file 5\- determine file type 6.SH SYNOPSIS 7.B file 8[ |
| 9.B \-bciknsvzL | 9.B \-bciknNsvzL |
| 10] 11[ 12.B \-f 13.I namefile 14] 15[ | 10] 11[ 12.B \-f 13.I namefile 14] 15[ |
| 16.B \-F 17separator ] 18[ |
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| 16.B \-m 17.I magicfiles 18] 19.I file 20\*[Am]... 21.br 22.B file 23.B -C --- 143 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 167.I namefile 168(one per line) 169before the argument list. 170Either 171.I namefile 172or at least one filename argument must be present; 173to test the standard input, use ``\-'' as a filename argument. 174.TP 8 | 19.B \-m 20.I magicfiles 21] 22.I file 23\*[Am]... 24.br 25.B file 26.B -C --- 143 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 170.I namefile 171(one per line) 172before the argument list. 173Either 174.I namefile 175or at least one filename argument must be present; 176to test the standard input, use ``\-'' as a filename argument. 177.TP 8 |
| 178.BI \-F " separator" 179Use the specified separator character instead of ``:''. 180.TP 8 |
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| 175.B \-i 176Causes the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more 177traditional human readable ones. Thus it may say 178``text/plain; charset=us-ascii'' 179rather 180than ``ASCII text''. In order for this option to work, file changes the way 181it handles files recognised by the command itself (such as many of the 182text file types, directories etc), and makes use of an alternative --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 190Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers. 191This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files. 192.TP 8 193.B \-n 194Force stdout to be flushed after checking each file. This is only useful if 195checking a list of files. It is intended to be used by programs that want 196filetype output from a pipe. 197.TP 8 | 181.B \-i 182Causes the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more 183traditional human readable ones. Thus it may say 184``text/plain; charset=us-ascii'' 185rather 186than ``ASCII text''. In order for this option to work, file changes the way 187it handles files recognised by the command itself (such as many of the 188text file types, directories etc), and makes use of an alternative --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 196Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers. 197This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files. 198.TP 8 199.B \-n 200Force stdout to be flushed after checking each file. This is only useful if 201checking a list of files. It is intended to be used by programs that want 202filetype output from a pipe. 203.TP 8 |
| 204.B \-N 205Don't pad output to align filenames nicely. 206.TP 8 |
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| 198.B \-v 199Print the version of the program and exit. 200.TP 8 201.B \-z 202Try to look inside compressed files. 203.TP 8 204.B \-L 205option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option in --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 223disk partitions, which are block special files. 224This option also causes 225.B file 226to disregard the file size as reported by 227.BR stat (2) 228since on some systems it reports a zero size for raw disk partitions. 229.SH FILES 230.I __MAGIC__.mgc | 207.B \-v 208Print the version of the program and exit. 209.TP 8 210.B \-z 211Try to look inside compressed files. 212.TP 8 213.B \-L 214option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option in --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 232disk partitions, which are block special files. 233This option also causes 234.B file 235to disregard the file size as reported by 236.BR stat (2) 237since on some systems it reports a zero size for raw disk partitions. 238.SH FILES 239.I __MAGIC__.mgc |
| 231\- defaults compiled list of magic numbers | 240\- default compiled list of magic numbers |
| 232.PP 233.I __MAGIC__ 234\- default list of magic numbers 235.PP 236.I __MAGIC__.mime 237\- default list of magic numbers, used to output mime types when the -i option 238is specified. 239 --- 214 unchanged lines hidden --- | 241.PP 242.I __MAGIC__ 243\- default list of magic numbers 244.PP 245.I __MAGIC__.mime 246\- default list of magic numbers, used to output mime types when the -i option 247is specified. 248 --- 214 unchanged lines hidden --- |