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                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: file \*- determine format of file
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd file
                      6: files
                      7: .sh DESCRIPTION
                      8: .it File
                      9: will examine each of its arguments
                     10: and give a guess as to the contents of the file.
                     11: It is the only program that will give
                     12: device numbers of special files.
                     13: .sh BUGS
                     14: If the file is not instantly recognized,
                     15: its type is given as `unknown'.
                     16: There should be some heuristic to
                     17: recognize source file `signatures'
                     18: in each of the standard languages.

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