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1 | .th FILE I 11/1/73 |
2 | .sh NAME | |
3 | file \*- determine format of file | |
4 | .sh SYNOPSIS | |
5 | .bd file | |
6 | files | |
7 | .sh DESCRIPTION | |
8 | .it File | |
9 | will examine each of its arguments | |
10 | and give a guess as to the contents of the file. | |
11 | It is the only program that will give | |
12 | device numbers of special files. | |
13 | .sh BUGS | |
14 | If the file is not instantly recognized, | |
15 | its type is given as `unknown'. | |
16 | There should be some heuristic to | |
17 | recognize source file `signatures' | |
18 | in each of the standard languages. |