FILE(1)                                                   FILE(1)

     NAME
          file - determine file type

     SYNOPSIS
          file [ file ...  ]

     DESCRIPTION
          File performs a series of tests on its argument files in an
          attempt to classify their contents by language or purpose.
          If no arguments are given, the classification is performed
          on standard input.

     BUGS
          It can make mistakes, for example classifying a file of dec-
          imal data, `.01', `.02', etc. as troff(1) input.

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