Retrieving File's Mime-type

Rhije · #1 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009

Alright, so I am trying to use perl (or any other shell scripting language, awk/sed/bash for instance), to retrieve the mime-type of a file.

I want to keep it in one file, and most of the modules that are on cpan that check for mime types (Magic), aren't installed on these boxes.

Anyone have a good way of checking for a file's mime type?

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009

If you have the .pm file for mime type checking (for example like Lite.pm for mime::lite)
you do not necessarily have to "install" the module. Just put it in your directory on the machine you are using, say /home/Rhije/Lite.pm

and add this to the shebang in the top of your own perl code

Code:

#!/bin/perl -I/home/Rhije/Lite.pm

Rhije · #3 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009

Sorry, not sure if I called it the correct thing. I meant the content type, such as image/*

I am trying to find what type of file it is, image, video, script, etc..

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