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clpc

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From: Lincolnshire England

Registered: 2009-11-15

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file types

I know there is a small Linux application that can detect what type a file is.

I just cannot remember what it is called, can anyone help me please?

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WorMzy

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Re: file types

file <filename>

?

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clpc

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From: Lincolnshire England

Registered: 2009-11-15

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Re: file types

Thanks... you would think with an obvious name like that that I would have remembered.
Getting old isn't all its cracked up to be.

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Clive,
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WorMzy

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Re: file types

No worries. We all draw blanks from time to time.

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ewaller

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Re: file types

Getting old isn't all its cracked up to be.

Its better than the alternative

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