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 6.5 (Berkeley) 06/17/91 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.Sh BUGS 30As many tests are used and 31.Nm 32stops testing on the first successful one, 33it can make mistakes. 34In particular, 35.Nm 36does not recognize Pascal or LISP. 37.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT 38.Sh HISTORY 39A 40.Nm file 41command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 42