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:

2024-10-06 17:05:45

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7c62d696b06e53fc5be015c41a57513278ac6c54 Limit string length (Mike Swanson)]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2024-10-02 01:45:32

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/cf6bf1a3bbf8d6147782fdfae3ba6fdbbd7435a2 PR/142: embeddedc: Add Lauterbach magic]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2024-09-29 16:49:25

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/ee58ea03fb80e3151ca461f92457811b27b457ec - Add getrandom(), Undo the apply filter refactoring, but don't retur…]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2024-09-13 20:05:17

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/0013d0fb3898b1ad5d11f2f07d404dfa5bf79eca More IDA versions:]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc

2024-09-04 19:09:00

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/dc0eaef3edd22bf243e3af87ead9910a35697f6a avoid double description]

by zoulasc https://github.com/zoulasc