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|purpose=A PRONOM based, command line, file format identification tool using Aho Corasick matching and no buffer limits.
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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Siegried is a file format identification tool that, like DROID and Fido, is based on PRONOM. However, it uses a different pattern matching algorithm that offers different strengths and weaknesses to those other PRONOM based tools. A detailed description of the tool and why it was created can be found in [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool this blog post].
 
Siegried is a file format identification tool that, like DROID and Fido, is based on PRONOM. However, it uses a different pattern matching algorithm that offers different strengths and weaknesses to those other PRONOM based tools. A detailed description of the tool and why it was created can be found in [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool this blog post].
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Besides, there is a more detailed description in terms of functionality on the Github Page of Siegfried [https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried].
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Besides, there is a more detailed description in terms of functionality on the [https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried Github Page of Siegfried].
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Siegfried was first publicly released the 28th february 2014 in version 0.1.
  
 
== User Experiences ==
 
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The command line tool is very easy to handle. The default output is yaml. This can be changed to csv or json.
 
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Usual command: sf file.ext (will output in yaml)
 
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Chante output to json: sf -json file.ext
 
 
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** The command line tool is very easy to handle. <br />The default output is yaml. This can be changed to csv or json.
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***Usual command: sf file.ext (will output in yaml)
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***Change output to csv: sf -csv file.ext
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***Change output to json: sf -json file.ext
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**It is also possible to save the output in an external file:
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***sf file.ext >output.yml
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***sf -csv file.ext >output.csv
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***sf -json file.ext >output.json
  
 
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All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/commits
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=== Release Feed ===
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<rss max=3>https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/releases.atom</rss>
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=== Activity Feed ===
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<rss max=5>https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/commits/main.atom</rss>
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 25 November 2022





A PRONOM based, command line, file format identification tool using Aho Corasick matching and no buffer limits.
Homepage:http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried
License:Apache License 2.0
Function:File Format Identification



Description

Siegried is a file format identification tool that, like DROID and Fido, is based on PRONOM. However, it uses a different pattern matching algorithm that offers different strengths and weaknesses to those other PRONOM based tools. A detailed description of the tool and why it was created can be found in this blog post. Besides, there is a more detailed description in terms of functionality on the Github Page of Siegfried.

Siegfried was first publicly released the 28th february 2014 in version 0.1.

User Experiences

  • ZBW:
    • The command line tool is very easy to handle.
      The default output is yaml. This can be changed to csv or json.
      • Usual command: sf file.ext (will output in yaml)
      • Change output to csv: sf -csv file.ext
      • Change output to json: sf -json file.ext
    • It is also possible to save the output in an external file:
      • sf file.ext >output.yml
      • sf -csv file.ext >output.csv
      • sf -json file.ext >output.json

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/commits


Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-01-23 06:48:12
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/17277958/v1.11.4 Version 1.11.4]
by richardlehane
2026-01-23 06:10:31
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/17277958/v1.11.3 v1.11.3]
by richardlehane
2025-03-01 04:42:46
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/17277958/v1.11.2 Version 1.11.2]
by richardlehane


Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-01-23 06:43:57
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/66a71657641ec284cf4fdc65d31a4f25a45e1dc1 setup-go go version]
by richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane
2026-01-23 06:34:13
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/325d588f1e8322d90a3010b668a1798548a6e6dd update signature files]
by richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane
2026-01-23 06:33:23
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/43b3aa471cf8c7157e19ceb84071e241ab7bca1a v1.11.4 updates]
by richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane
2026-01-23 06:25:35
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/3917309338f3189c35c40945c8ad0ca5010a75eb linting]
by richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane
2026-01-23 06:18:59
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/08618468be3f81f19c4e3fd4707384418dcde55c update go version workflows]
by richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane


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