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file - A utility for determining file types.

Website: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
License: distributable
Vendor: Scientific Linux CERN, http://cern.ch/linux
Description:
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

Packages

file-4.17-28.x86_64 [321 KiB] Changelog by Jan Kaluza (2012-06-12): 
- removed fix for #826897
file-4.17-21.x86_64 [319 KiB] Changelog by Ondrej Vasik (2011-12-19): 
- fix #758429 - check jpeg pattern before minix FS pattern
file-4.17-15.el5_3.1.x86_64 [317 KiB] Changelog by Daniel Novotny (2009-04-24): 
- fix #497163 -  Incorrect command name from the core file
file-4.17-15.x86_64 [322 KiB] Changelog by Tomas Smetana (2008-08-06): 
- Related: #235420 - detect also byte order mark in XML files

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