filetype(1)filetype(1)NAMEfiletype - file type reporting program
SYNOPSISfiletype [ -s filetype-spec file ] [ -h, --help ] [ -v, --version ] [
-d, --debug ] [ --log-stdout ] [ --log-stderr ] [ --log-syslog ] [ -f
namefile ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents version 0.0.1 of the filetype command.
filetype tries to classify each file given to it. The file(s) to clas‐
sify can be given on the command line as usual file arguments (i.e.
after the options), or in a file where the files to classify are listed
on separate lines, or in standard input. filetype tests against a
binary database with information about file types, which should be
located at /etc/filetype.spec unless you specify otherwise with the -s
option. If the file is known, information about it is printed on stan‐
dard output. Otherwise the tag "Unknown" is used.
OPTIONS-s filetype-spec file
Use this file to test against rather than the default /etc/file‐
type.spec
-h, --help
Show usage.
-v, --version
Show version.
-d, --debug
Print debugging messages (warning: large output)
--log-stdout
Send verbose/debug output to stdout.
--log-stderr
Send verbose/debug output to stderr.
--log-syslog
Send verbose/debug output to syslog if available.
-f namefile
A file (or stdin if '-') containing a list of files to test.
Multiple file list can be used by using multiple '-f file' argu‐
ments.
SEE ALSO
file(1), filetype-compile(1), libfiletype(2).
April 5, 2004 filetype(1)
