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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/MULTI/file, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: file                         Command                         file
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                      8: Guess a file's type
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                     10: ffiillee _f_i_l_e ...
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                     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.
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                     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.
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                     25: ***** See Also *****
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                     27: commands, ls, size
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                     29: ***** Notes *****
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                     31: Because file  only reads  a set amount  of data to  determine the
                     32: class of a text file, mistakes can happen.
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