p><strong>NAME</strong>
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<p> file — determine file type
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<p><strong>SYNOPSIS</strong>
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     file [-bchikLnNprsvz] [--mime-type] [--mime-encoding] [-f namefile]
          [-F separator] [-m magicfiles] file
     file -C [-m magicfile]
     file [--help]
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<p><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong>
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<p> This manual page documents version 5.03 of the file command.
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     file tests each argument in an attempt to classify it.  There are three
     sets of tests, performed in this or