Fine Free File Command
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Description
This is the home page for the open source implementation of the file(1) command that ships with every free operating system (OpenBSD, Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc.) and has been ported to most systems where people use free software (including OS/2, DOS, MS Windows, etc.).
User Experiences
- [2019-11-16] Linux and Unix file command tutorial with examples
Development Activity
All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/file/file/commits
Release Feed
Below the last 3 release feeds:
- 2026-06-08 20:14:23
- [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_48 FILE5_48]
- by zoulasc
- 2026-02-27 14:58:13
- [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_47 FILE5_47]
- by zoulasc
- 2024-11-27 15:37:46
- [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_46 FILE5_46]
- by zoulasc
Activity Feed
Below the last 5 commits:
- 2026-08-28 18:26:57
- [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5e57b94cdd3f2bc2f6db8581dcce76a89fc9c9f7 make executable]
- by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
- 2026-08-28 17:27:14
- [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/f0cb2aa5f9ffbad00e1b5121ec3ce30f4f87234b PR/802: Kid: Add env -S to commands]
- by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
- 2026-08-28 17:18:01
- [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/aea115bebb8b1067a7b2669b24f2d09a24896ebd PR/795: polluks: Add bitmap font]
- by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
- 2026-08-28 15:48:22
- [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/6926336fbcb139ac882764c80025715de10e5442 Add support for parsing old Portable Executables which are not COFF b…]
- by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
- 2026-08-28 15:45:34
- [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/2220970c46420ef51e02b8ef39477d8ed868931e Limit memory use from the cdf parser (Acts1631)]
- by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc