v7 man page for file

Query: file

OS: v7

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FILE(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   FILE(1)

NAME
file - determine file type
SYNOPSIS
file file ...
DESCRIPTION
File performs a series of tests on each argument in an attempt to classify it. If an argument appears to be ascii, file examines the first 512 bytes and tries to guess its language.
BUGS
It often makes mistakes. In particular it often suggests that command files are C programs. FILE(1)
Related Man Pages
file(1) - opensolaris
head(1) - redhat
texindex(1) - mojave
file(1b) - sunos
file(1) - sunos
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