Learn Unix: The "file" command

Command

file

Description

The "file" command shows you information about the file type of the files you specify - i.e., whether the file contains text or binary data, whether the file is an executable file, etc.

Examples

file *

This command displays file type information for every file in the current directory.

file /etc/*

This command tells you information about every file in the /etc directory.


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