1fileutil::magic::filetype(n)    file utilities    fileutil::magic::filetype(n)
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NAME

8       fileutil::magic::filetype  - Procedures implementing file-type recogni‐
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SYNOPSIS

12       package require Tcl  8.4
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14       package require fileutil::magic::filetype  ?1.0.2?
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16       ::fileutil::magic::file filename
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DESCRIPTION

21       This package provides a command for the recognition of  file  types  in
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24       The  core  part  of the recognizer was generated from a "magic(5)" file
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28       Beware!  This  recognizer is large, about 276 Kilobyte of generated Tcl
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31       ::fileutil::magic::file filename
32              This command is similar to the command fileutil::fileType.
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34              The output of the command for the specified  file  is  a  string
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37              This  list  will  be empty if the type of the file is not recog‐
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REFERENCES

41       [1]    File(1) sources [ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/] This site  con‐
42              tains  the  current  sources for the file command, including the
43              magic definitions used by it. The latter were used by us to gen‐
44              erate this recognizer.
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SEE ALSO

47       file(1), fileutil, magic(5)
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KEYWORDS

50       file recognition, file type, file utilities, type
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54fumagic                              1.0.2        fileutil::magic::filetype(n)