file

Question 1

file

Answer 1

file tests each argument in an attempt to classify it.

Question 2

file -b userfile

Answer 2

This command will attempt to find the file type and the -b option will remove the filename from the output.

-b, –brief, Do not prepend filenames to output lines.

Question 3

file -i filename

Answer 3

This command will cause the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more traditional human readable ones.

-i, –mime, Output is diplayed in MIME type strings.

Question 4

file -z compressedfile.gz

Answer 4

This will get the file type info from a file that is inside a compressed file.

-z, –uncompress, Try to look inside compressed files.

Question 5

file *

Answer 5

file can be used with wildcards to display the file type of all files in a directory.