PC software to identify file types

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From: Douglas W. Martin
Date: Thu, 22 May 1986 01:18

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     Is anyone aware of software for the IBM-PC to
identify file types?  I am looking for a program similar to
/usr/bin/file on 4.xBSD UNIX systems.  That program reads the beginning 
of an input file and identifies it as "ascii text", or "pure executable 
not stripped", or "C-language source", etc.  It's not hard to recognize the
various printable file types, by looking for tokens specific to given 
programming languages.  However, to be really useful, the program must also
identify and distinguish between .obj, .com, .exe, files as well as recognizing
different types of binary data files.
Has anyone seen such a program? Thanks.
Doug Martin
NOSC-Hawaii Laboratories

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From: martin@noscvax.UUCP (Douglas W. Martin)
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Subject: PC software to identify file types
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 21:18:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 21 21:18:18 1986
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Keywords: file-type