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# File

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing File-4.04 in Chapter 6.

## Official Download Location

File (4.04):
ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/

## Contents of File

(Last checked against version 3.39.)

File is a utility used to determine file types.

File installs the following:

### Program Files

file

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 3.39.)

### Program file descriptions

#### file

file tests each specified file in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed.

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## File Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 3.37.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld
Coreutils: cat, chmod, echo, expr, hostname, install, ln, ls, mv, rm,
sleep, touch, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Gawk: gawk
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: makeinfo

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