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file Linux Commands

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Topic

What is Linux file Command?



Explanation

file COMMAND:
     file command tells you if the object you are looking at is a file or a directory.

SYNTAX:
  The Syntax is
     file [options] directoryname/filename

OPTIONS:
     
-c Check the magic file for format errors. For reasons of efficiency, this validation is normally not carried out.
-h Do not follow symbolic links.
-m Use mfile as an alternate magic file.
-f ffile contains a list of the files to be examined.



EXAMPLE:
     
  1. file *.txt
    Output:
    aprlist.txt:   ASCII English text
cal.txt:       ASCII text
marchlist.txt: ASCII English text
text.txt:      ASCII text

    Prints the 'txt' files.

  2. file nimi
    Output:
    nimi: directory

    Print the given object nimi is an directory or file.





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