1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)file.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt FILE 1 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm file 13.Nd identify file content 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm file 16.Ar 17.Sh DESCRIPTION 18.Nm File 19tests the given argument(s) and reports 20the content type(s). 21If 22the file type is text, 23it attempts to determine 24the type of text (e.g. 25.Xr csh 1 26commands or C code). 27.Sh BUGS 28As many tests are used and 29.Nm 30stops testing on the first successful one, 31it can make mistakes. 32In particular, 33.Nm 34does not recognize Pascal or 35.Tn LISP . 36.Sh HISTORY 37A 38.Nm file 39command appeared in 40.At v6 . 41