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FILE(1)								       FILE(1)

NAME
       file - determine file type

SYNOPSIS
       file [ f list ] filename...

DESCRIPTION
       The file command performs a series of tests on each file 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.

       If the argument is a fat file, the series of tests is performed on each
       architecture in the fat file.

       If the -f option is specified, file instead performs its tests on  each
       file  listed  in	 the  file  named  list.  This file should contain one
       filename per line, with no whitespace.

BUGS
       The file	 command  often	 makes	mistakes.   In	particular,  it	 often
       suggests	 that  command	files  are  C programs.	 It does not recognize
       Pascal or LISP.

NeXT Computer, Inc.		 July 19, 1993			       FILE(1)

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