Package: file (1:5.45-3 and others)

[ Source: file  ]

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers

The file command is "a file type guesser", a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.

This package contains the file program itself.

Tags: System Administration: Forensics and Recovery, Implemented in: C, User Interface: interface::commandline, role::program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Analysing, use::scanning, works-with::file

Other Packages Related to file

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.38) [not alpha, ia64, sh4]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.40) [sh4]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.34) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

  dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.37) [ia64]

• dep: libmagic1t64 (= 1:5.45-3) [alpha, ia64]

  Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - library

  dep: libmagic1t64 (= 1:5.45-3+b1) [not alpha, ia64]

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