User:Andrew N. Jackson/Test Tool Page

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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:

2026-02-27 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

2023-07-27 19:46:14

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_45 FILE5_45]

by zoulasc

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-05-25 14:07:05

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/c69366db69c6f12963ec73ed6f0d390fd58fb6a6 No need to keep going if we are going to error out, and prevents a po…]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-05-17 17:30:59

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/c1887da6757916c97a31e17ce23dce75cddc79bd Fix EXFAT detection (David Timber)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-05-17 17:10:25

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7a2b2a4b6e0f9de8682e6098c514155f2198cc8e Handle parsing guids in big endian machines (Christoph Biedl)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-05-16 15:21:40

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/44cfb238c42f6ccaa9440c523dccdc7b72179911 Don't regfree() if regcomp() failed. Steve Grubb]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-05-14 18:54:27

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/e37b7777651f60cf02448e001b41b4f84038b04b Fix builds with seccomp disabled (Christoph Biedl)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc