User:Andrew N. Jackson/Test Tool Page

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:

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:

2026-04-15 22:31:03

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/cfa47a5692220586b477392d47b040a10a40f3d1 comment out dup]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-04-15 22:26:36

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/619f9566664d00266e2982fc5bba698a32f518b0 PR/747: davidsong: Add compuserve RLE]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-04-15 22:16:46

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/0f38a233c3fc405c16271fc9274bf277b375c991 PR/748: davidsong: Add FaceSaver magic]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-04-15 20:00:20

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/12b76648185104ce9118d8b5fa57aa34a77ad084 PR/745: streamout: Don't flush when trying to set negative offsets]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2026-04-15 17:29:21

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/63c161a866b5abcbabb3ea7e1d0a7d7bd6e16208 PR/750: antiomie8: According to https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc923…]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc