file
Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Command lineUtilities
Not tested on a device yet. What that means
Commands in the package
file
About file
From Debian's package description
The file command is "a file type guesser", a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.
This package contains the file program itself.
From Debian's description of the file package, under that package's license.
Dependencies
Depends on
libc6libmagic1t64
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Sources and licenses
- Name: the Debian package name.
- Summary: Debian's short description of the file package, under that package's license.
- Description: Debian's description of the file package, under that package's license.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
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