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FILE(I)                      11/1/73                      FILE(I)







NAME

     file - determine format of file



SYNOPSIS

     file files



DESCRIPTION

     File will examine each of its arguments and give a guess  as

     to  the  contents  of the file.  It is the only program that

     will give device numbers of special files.



BUGS

     If the file is not instantly recognized, its type  is  given

     as  `unknown'.   There should be some heuristic to recognize

     source file `signatures' in each of the standard languages.