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1.1 ! root 1: ! 2: ! 3: file Command file ! 4: ! 5: ! 6: ! 7: ! 8: Guess a file's type ! 9: ! 10: ffiillee _f_i_l_e ... ! 11: ! 12: file examines each file and takes an educated guess as to its ! 13: type. file recognizes the following classes of text files: files ! 14: of commands to the shell; files containing the source for a C ! 15: program; files containing yacc or lex source; files containing ! 16: assembly language source; files containing unformatted documents ! 17: that can be passed to nroff; and plain text files that fit into ! 18: none of the above categories. ! 19: ! 20: file recognizes the following classes of non-text or binary data ! 21: files: the various forms of archives, object files, and link ! 22: modules for various machines, and miscellaneous binary data ! 23: files. ! 24: ! 25: ***** See Also ***** ! 26: ! 27: commands, ls, size ! 28: ! 29: ***** Notes ***** ! 30: ! 31: Because file only reads a set amount of data to determine the ! 32: class of a text file, mistakes can happen. ! 33: ! 34: ! 35: ! 36: ! 37: ! 38: ! 39: ! 40: ! 41: ! 42: ! 43: ! 44: ! 45: ! 46: ! 47: ! 48: ! 49: ! 50: ! 51: ! 52: ! 53: ! 54: ! 55: ! 56: ! 57: ! 58: ! 59: ! 60: ! 61: ! 62: ! 63: ! 64: COHERENT Lexicon Page 1 ! 65: ! 66:
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