file

File type guesser

The file command is a file type guesser, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains. It does not rely on filename extensions to tell you the type of a file, but looks at the actual contents of the file. This package provides the libmagic library.

Versions: 5.44
Website: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Licenses: FreeBSD
Package source: gnu/packages/file.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of file as follows:

guix install file

Or install a particular version:

guix install file@5.44

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.