1 File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are
2 three sets of tests, performed in this order: file system tests,
3 magic number tests, and language tests.
5 This package also includes the magic number recognition libraries.
7 This implementation of file(1) is the standard "file" command for
8 Linux, *BSD, and other systems. It (as well as the magic file)
9 was originally written by Ian Darwin and is now maintained by a
10 group of developers lead by Christos Zoulas.