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Old 01-10-2006
determine file type with perl

Hello
i will like to know please how can i determine file type inside perl script
not using the unix "file" program
Thanks allot
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Old 01-11-2006
file uses magic numbers to decide what a file type is.

You can get file::type from:

http://search.cpan.org/~pmison/File-...b/File/Type.pm

Note that it is version 0.22, which usually indicates that it's a work in progress...
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