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# file
> Determine file type.
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- Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension:
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`file {{filename}}`
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- Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside:
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`file -z {{foo.zip}}`
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- Allow file to work with special or device files:
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`file -s {{filename}}`
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- Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file:
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`file -k {{filename}}`
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- Determine the mime encoding type of a file:
`file -I {{filename}}`