1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)file.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt FILE 1 12.Os 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm file 15.Nd identify file content 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm file 18.Ar 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm File 21tests the given argument(s) and reports 22the content type(s). 23If 24the file type is text, 25it attempts to determine 26the type of text (e.g. 27.Xr csh 1 28commands or C code) 29.Pp 30As several tests 31are used and 32.Nm file 33stops testing on the first successful one, 34it can make mistakes. 35.Pp 36.Nm File 37does not recognize Pascal or LISP. 38.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT 39.Sh HISTORY 40A 41.Nm file 42command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 43