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Who invented file extensions in file names?
https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
This is the authors website. Apparently yeah its not part of GNU utils, I had no idea, I knew it came with most Linux systems so I looked for the Debian package and found the site linked above.
https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/file
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TIL: Github seems to recognize ebuilds as a format. Is this a new github feature? Or has this been here since forever?
https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/gentoo https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.gentoo.ebuild (among others)
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ELI5: Why do .jpg and .jpeg both exist?
Look into libmagic.
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How do I make a transparent background on .ps or .eps file imported to groff
in installations of Linux, file is a command to retrieve some basic information about a file type. Because contrasting to the organization of Windows, the file extension in Linux can be less important for the file's use (even irrelevant), than the actual content.
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Why does Linux file command shows java file as C++ source?
In this case, it's hitting this set of rules. I would guess it hits both class and public.
- Linux `file` Equivalent
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How many “encodings” are there?
But I don't think this is what you meant. I think your question is something more like: how many file formats are there? The Unix file command recognizes several thousand, and Wikipedia has a list. Of course these are only the most common, and it's hard to delineate what counts as a unique file format. (Is YAML one file format or millions?)
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Can I change the mime type of OGG Vorbis and Opus files without re-encoding them?
The magic number for all ogg files is the same (OggS) and files magic file looks like it decides the mime type based on the codecs used in the file. However, it looks like application/ogg is used only if the file contains Kate (Karaoke and Text) content.
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Fun with File Formats
Also the magic number database for guessing the format of a file:
https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
file-windows
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Linux `file` Equivalent
There's nothing like that built-in like it is in most Linux distros (probably since it's seldom needed like /u/xCharg mentions), but the same exact command does have Windows builds available, eg. this one: https://github.com/julian-r/file-windows/releases
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Trick for Determining True File Type?
As far as I know there is nothing built into Windows for this. If you have WSL installed you can use the file command to get the true file type (or at least the best guess). If WSL is not installed try downloading this https://github.com/julian-r/file-windows/releases and run file.exe from it.
What are some alternatives?
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