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 6.2 (Berkeley) 06/24/90 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt FILE 1 10.Os BSD 4.4 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.Pp 28As several tests 29are used and 30.Nm file 31stops testing on the first successful one, 32it can make mistakes. 33.Pp 34.Nm File 35does not recognize Pascal or LISP. 36.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT 37.Sh HISTORY 38A 39.Nm file 40command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 41