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|purpose=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.
 
|purpose=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.
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|homepage=http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
 
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[[Category:File Format Identification]]
 
 
 
 
= Description =
 
= 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.).  
 
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.).  
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= User Experiences =
 
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*'''[2019-11-16]''' [https://shapeshed.com/unix-file/ Linux and Unix file command tutorial with examples]
  
 
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All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/file/file/commits
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=== Release Feed ===
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Below the last 3 release feeds:
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<rss max=3>https://github.com/file/file/releases.atom</rss>
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=== Activity Feed ===
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<rss max=5>https://github.com/file/file/commits/master.atom</rss>
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== Informative references ==
  
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* [https://linux.die.net/man/5/magic syntax of the File magic numbers]
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 25 February 2026





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

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:

2026-08-05 07:29:07
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/711ccc264519cdc5073ccb26651c0a9bafc3b47a Recognize COFF object files and executables with mask 0x8080]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-08-03 08:07:26
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/565c7caf336a370ca218225e1cdf3471f61b449f Prevent misdetection that matches MIPS COFF binaries with 7 sections …]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-08-03 08:04:54
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/1079438bb4e5c852963ce2eac05273845b1dac34 Check the length of the Windows COFF Optional Header in Portable Exec…]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-08-02 11:55:45
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/61e0e1c123347ffce8631d0b74662d75cb502740 Remove url (Michael Kebe)]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-07-31 16:46:15
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/4263527b2a7ac85d2f6817fb3f165ffcd0e79e2d Add nfdump]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

Informative references