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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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