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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.
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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.
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|homepage=http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
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|function=File Format Identification
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|ohloh_id=Fine Free File Command
 
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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.).  
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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 =
 
= User Experiences =
  
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*'''[2019-11-16]''' [https://shapeshed.com/unix-file/ Linux and Unix file command tutorial with examples]
  
 
= Development Activity =
 
= Development Activity =
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<!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. -->
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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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Below the last 5 commits:
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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]

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:

2026-02-27 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:

2026-04-30 18:40:15
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/0d8c41d7c6ab9306fad80f80f57189dde4f7cf75 Make magic stronger using only known versions to further process the …]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-04-30 16:16:47
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/bb8edd19ba5b0a648f83c8e47cc0b34cf33b1dcb New Atari-st magic from Teemu Hukkanen]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-04-24 19:14:02
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/6bb1b445d5ed9127a0c5d73f1c7973fca4442b3f Add missing bounds check (Alexandru Hossu)]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-04-20 14:53:18
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/1632db8145973e942987aa49355559e259473ea7 Add Coff for OMNI VM (Pali)]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc
2026-04-19 20:19:20
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/2866af2e51beb40afe35d2ff5e765991ac459237 fix typo]
by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

Informative references