file — Determine file type. See also: `stat`. More information: <https://manned.org/file>.

Give a description of the type of the specified file

file {{path/to/file}}

Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside

file {{[-z|--uncompress]}} {{path/to/file.zip}}

Allow `file` to work with special or device files

file {{[-s|--special-files]}} {{path/to/file}}

Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file

file {{[-k|--keep-going]}} {{path/to/file}}

Determine the MIME encoding type of a file

file {{[-i|--mime]}} {{path/to/file}}