Fine Free File Command

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.
Homepage:	http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Function:	File Format Identification

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:

2023-07-27 19:46:14

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

by zoulasc

2022-12-26 18:18:22

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_44 FILE5_44]

by zoulasc

2022-09-13 18:47:28

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1303130/FILE5_43 FILE5_43]

by zoulasc

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2023-09-21 16:12:52

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/de7d52dce3e7a0bb1a72f299a265c2b641187842 Add AVR firmware (Alexandre Iooss)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2023-09-21 16:11:36

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/52070b01cde9a747cf1097722c47fe903164defe Improve mlocate and add plocate support (Joerg Jenderek)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2023-09-18 15:20:47

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/3065194968522d218e3ee885e86901bbad3264b8 Fix extensions and add screen detail (Pali)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2023-09-14 13:23:00

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/49b04e541010664ba1b1fdb470bfedcaa02b5a12 Add Xamarin compressed assemblies (Gaelan Steele)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2023-09-14 13:20:19

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/2bffd515c05b68a125b7aefbbebbe20aca121494 call tzset() before localtime_r() (Joe Slater)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc