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Pure Python equivalent of unix "file" command?

W3
Hi all,

Just a quick one... Is there such a thing?

Thanks,
/Walter
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Jul 19 '07 #1
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:29:35PM -0400, W3 wrote:
Just a quick one... Is there such a thing?
Debian et al ship Python bindings[0] for file(1)[1]. file works by
using a file (/etc/magic) with 'magic' numbers in it to figure out
the type of a file. Googling 'python magic' will turn up a few
interesting threads.

[0] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/python-magic
[1] http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

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[Will Maier]-----------------[wi*******@ml1.net|http://www.lfod.us/]
Jul 19 '07 #2
Take a look at
http://www.demonseed.net/~jp/code/magic.py

W3 wrote:
Hi all,

Just a quick one... Is there such a thing?

Thanks,
/Walter
Jul 23 '07 #3

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