.th FILE VI 8/27/77 .sh NAME file \- determine file type .sh SYNOPSIS .bd file file ... .sh DESCRIPTION .it File performs a series of tests on each argument in an attempt to classify it. If an argument appears to be \s-2ASCII\s0, .it file examines the first 512 bytes and tries to guess its language. .s3 Classification currently known to .it file are: .s3 .dt .br directory .br ( character | block ) special file .br quota file .br [ pure | separate ] executable [ not stripped ] .br pascal object .br [ old ] archive .s3 The following text file classifications may indicate ``with garbage'' if there are non-\s-2ASCII\s0 characters in the file. .s3 ( c | fortran | pascal | assembler ) program .br roff, nroff, or eqn input .br commands .br data .br probably text .sh SEE\ ALSO head (VI) .sh BUGS