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==External links== {{Wikibooks|Guide to Unix|Commands}} * {{man|cu|file|SUS|determine file type}} * {{man|1|file|Linux}} * {{man|3|libmagic|NetBSD}} * {{man|3|libmagic|Linux}} * {{man|1|file|OpenBSD}} – a non-Ian Darwin implementation * {{man|1|file|Plan 9}} – a non-Ian Darwin, non-SUS implementation * [https://darwinsys.com/file/ Fine Free File Command] – homepage for Ian Darwin's version of <code>file</code> used in major BSD and Linux distributions. ** [https://mailman.astron.com/mailman/listinfo/file mailing list] ** [https://ftp.astron.com/pub/file releases] * [https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk binwalk], a firmware analysis tool that carves files based on libmagic signatures * [https://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html TrID], an alternative providing ranked answers (instead of just one) based on statistics. * [https://google.github.io/magika/ Magika], an ML-based tool, by Google Research {{Unix commands}} {{Plan 9 commands}} {{DEFAULTSORT:File (Command)}} [[Category:Standard Unix programs]] [[Category:Unix SUS2008 utilities]] [[Category:Plan 9 commands]] [[Category:IBM i Qshell commands]]
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