Fájlok típusának lekérése

A file parancscsal ellenrizhetjük a fájlok típusát. Emlékezzünk rá, hogy a fájlok kiterjesztése nem garantálja a típust!

[gabor@linux ~]$ file --help
Usage: file [OPTION...] [FILE...]
Determine type of FILEs.

      --help                 display this help and exit
  -v, --version              output version information and exit
  -m, --magic-file LIST      use LIST as a colon-separated list of magic
                               number files
  -z, --uncompress           try to look inside compressed files
  -Z, --uncompress-noreport  only print the contents of compressed files
  -b, --brief                do not prepend filenames to output lines
  -c, --checking-printout    print the parsed form of the magic file, use in
                               conjunction with -m to debug a new magic file
                               before installing it
  -e, --exclude TEST         exclude TEST from the list of test to be
                               performed for file. Valid tests are:
                               apptype, ascii, cdf, compress, elf, encoding,
                               soft, tar, text, tokens
  -f, --files-from FILE      read the filenames to be examined from FILE
  -F, --separator STRING     use string as separator instead of `:'
  -i, --mime                 output MIME type strings (--mime-type and
                               --mime-encoding)
      --apple                output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE
      --extension            output a slash-separated list of extensions
      --mime-type            output the MIME type
      --mime-encoding        output the MIME encoding
  -k, --keep-going           don't stop at the first match
  -l, --list                 list magic strength
  -L, --dereference          follow symlinks
  -h, --no-dereference       don't follow symlinks (default)            
  -n, --no-buffer            do not buffer output                       
  -N, --no-pad               do not pad output                          
  -0, --print0               terminate filenames with ASCII NUL         
  -p, --preserve-date        preserve access times on files             
  -P, --parameter            set file engine parameter limits           
                               indir        15 recursion limit for indirection                                                                  
                               name         30 use limit for name/use magic                                                                     
                               elf_notes   256 max ELF notes processed  
                               elf_phnum   128 max ELF prog sections processed                                                                  
                               elf_shnum 32768 max ELF sections processed                                                                       
  -r, --raw                  don't translate unprintable chars to \ooo  
  -s, --special-files        treat special (block/char devices) files as
                             ordinary ones                              
  -C, --compile              compile file specified by -m               
  -d, --debug                print debugging messages