file-5.25 magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/magic

Usage: file [OPTION...] [FILE...] Determine type of FILEs. --help display this help and exit -v, --version output version information and exit -m, --magic-file LIST use LIST as a colon-separated list of magic number files -z, --uncompress try to look inside compressed files -Z, --uncompress-noreport only print the contents of compressed files -b, --brief do not prepend filenames to output lines -c, --checking-printout print the parsed form of the magic file, use in conjunction with -m to debug a new magic file before installing it -e, --exclude TEST exclude TEST from the list of test to be performed for file. Valid tests are: apptype, ascii, cdf, compress, elf, encoding, soft, tar, text, tokens -f, --files-from FILE read the filenames to be examined from FILE -F, --separator STRING use string as separator instead of `:' -i, --mime output MIME type strings (--mime-type and --mime-encoding) --apple output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE --extension output a slash-separated list of extensions --mime-type output the MIME type --mime-encoding output the MIME encoding -k, --keep-going don't stop at the first match -l, --list list magic strength -L, --dereference follow symlinks (default if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set) -h, --no-dereference don't follow symlinks (default if POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set) -n, --no-buffer do not buffer output -N, --no-pad do not pad output -0, --print0 terminate filenames with ASCII NUL -p, --preserve-date preserve access times on files -P, --parameter set file engine parameter limits indir 15 recursion limit for indirection name 30 use limit for name/use magic elf_notes 256 max ELF notes processed elf_phnum 128 max ELF prog sections processed elf_shnum 32768 max ELF sections processed -r, --raw don't translate unprintable chars to \ooo -s, --special-files treat special (block/char devices) files as ordinary ones -C, --compile compile file specified by -m -d, --debug print debugging messages Report bugs to http://bugs.gw.com/