Information about the apt package "file".

Package

file

Version

1:5.25-2ubuntu1

Priority

important

Section

utils

Origin

Ubuntu

Maintainer

Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>

Original Maintainer

Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug

Installed Size

77.8 kB

Depends

libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (= 1:5.25-2ubuntu1)

Homepage

http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

Task

minimal, ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev

Supported

5y

Download Size

21.2 kB

APT Manual Installed

yes

APT Sources

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

Description

Determines file type using "magic" numbers
File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are
three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests,
magic number tests, and language tests. The first test that
succeeds causes the file type to be printed.

Install Info

bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1 amd64

Installed Automatically

False

Files

/./
/usr/
/usr/bin/
/usr/bin/file*
/usr/share/
/usr/share/bug/
/usr/share/bug/file/
/usr/share/bug/file/control
/usr/share/bug/file/presubj
/usr/share/doc/
/usr/share/doc/file/
/usr/share/doc/file/changelog.Debian.gz -> ../libmagic1/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/file/copyright
/usr/share/doc/file/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/file/README.gz
/usr/share/man/
/usr/share/man/man1/
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz