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file - A utility for determining file types.

Website: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
License: distributable
Vendor: Scientific Linux CERN, http://cern.ch/linux
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.

Packages

file-4.17-15.el5_3.1.i386 [315 KiB] Changelog by Daniel Novotny (2009-04-24):
- fix #497163 -  Incorrect command name from the core file

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