Linux Command - file
file - determine file type.
Syntax
1 | file FILE... |
Examples
Determine file type of a file
1 | file file1 |
sample output for a text file
1 | file1: ASCII text, with very long lines |
sample output for a pdf file
1 | abc.pdf: PDF document, version 1.5 |
Determine file type of all files in the folder
1 | file test/* |