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From: martin@cod.NOSC.MIL (Douglas W. Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: unix-like file utility for MSDOS
Message-ID: <1080@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 29 Apr 88 21:45:23 GMT
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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Keywords: /usr/bin/file



     Has anyone written a program like /usr/bin/file that runs on the IBM-pc?
This utility under UNIX identifies the type of information in a file;
i.e. "ascii text", "executable code", "data", "csh commands", etc.
Often file extensions give no clue as to what type of information is in a file.
For example, config.sys is ascii, and ansi.sys is not.
Any help with finding this program is appreciated.

Doug Martin
Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, Ca.
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