tldr/pages/linux/file.md

# file

> Determine file type.

- Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension:

`file {{filename}}`

- Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside:

`file -z {{foo.zip}}`

- Allow file to work with special or device files:

`file -s {{filename}}`

- Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file:

`file -k {{filename}}`

- Determine the mime encoding type of a file:

`file -i {{filename}}`
Create file.md 2015-12-29 06:47:17 +03:00			`# file`

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split file command as it takes different args on macOS 2017-12-13 15:09:21 +03:00			`- Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension:`
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Update file.md 2015-12-29 08:33:04 +03:00			`file {{filename}}`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside:`
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Update file.md 2015-12-29 08:33:04 +03:00			`file -z {{foo.zip}}`
file: add -k and -s 2016-01-08 12:15:59 +03:00
Reformatted pages once more 2016-01-13 14:04:46 +03:00			`- Allow file to work with special or device files:`
file: add -k and -s 2016-01-08 12:15:59 +03:00
			`file -s {{filename}}`

Reformatted pages once more 2016-01-13 14:04:46 +03:00			`- Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file:`
file: add -k and -s 2016-01-08 12:15:59 +03:00
			`file -k {{filename}}`
updated the mimetime ref 2017-02-16 22:09:06 +03:00
			`- Determine the mime encoding type of a file:`

			`file -i {{filename}}`