Check out File::Type 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use File::Type;

my $filename = 'myfile.zip';
my $filetype = File::Type->new();
my $type     = $filetype->checktype_filename($filename);
my $zipped   = ($type eq 'application/zip');

print "$filename is of type $type (", $zipped ? '' : 'not ', "zipped)\
+n";

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When you say "zipped" do you mean "compressed" or do you mean that a specific compression algorithm/tool was used (i.e., Windows PKZIP format)?

File::Type can also tell you if the file is compressed in other ways, though you'll have to check the return value for each type.

-- Eric Hammond

In reply to Re: testing for a zip file by esh
in thread testing for a zip file by Anonymous Monk

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