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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.
        !             3: .\"
        !             4: .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided
        !             5: .\" that: (1) source distributions retain this entire copyright notice and
        !             6: .\" comment, and (2) distributions including binaries display the following
        !             7: .\" acknowledgement:  ``This product includes software developed by the
        !             8: .\" University of California, Berkeley and its contributors'' in the
        !             9: .\" documentation or other materials provided with the distribution and in
        !            10: .\" all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software.
        !            11: .\" Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may
        !            12: .\" be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
        !            13: .\" specific prior written permission.
        !            14: .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
        !            15: .\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
        !            16: .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        !            17: .\"
        !            18: .\"     @(#)file.1     6.3 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
        !            19: .\"
        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt FILE 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.4
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm file
        !            25: .Nd identify file content
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm file
        !            28: .Ar
        !            29: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            30: .Nm File
        !            31: tests the given argument(s) and reports
        !            32: the content type(s). 
        !            33: If
        !            34: the file type is text,
        !            35: it attempts to determine
        !            36: the type of text (e.g.
        !            37: .Xr csh 1
        !            38: commands or C code)
        !            39: .Pp
        !            40: As several tests
        !            41: are used and
        !            42: .Nm file
        !            43: stops testing on the first successful one,
        !            44: it can make mistakes.
        !            45: .Pp
        !            46: .Nm File
        !            47: does not recognize Pascal or LISP.
        !            48: .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
        !            49: .Sh HISTORY
        !            50: A
        !            51: .Nm file
        !            52: command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

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