file - A utility for determining file types

Description:

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

Homepage: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

License: Distributable

Vendor: Fedora Project

Packages

file-4.21-3.fc8.ppc [31 KiB] Changelog by Martin Bacovsky (2007-08-15):
- resolves: #172015: no longer reports filename of crashed app when run on core files.
- resolves: #249578: Weird output from "file -i"
- resolves: #234817: file reports wrong filetype for microsoft word file