Re: Is It Text-Editable???

You could use File::Type whos description is, "determine file type using magic". Sounds good to me. ;)

Derived from the POD:

my $file = 'path/to/filename.ext';
my $ft = File::Type->new();
my $type = $ft->checktype_filename( $file );
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HTH!

Dave

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Re: Re: Is It Text-Editable??? by Errto (Vicar) on Apr 28, 2004 at 02:56 UTC
I'd be very curious to see how File::Type compares against file(1). Of course it obviously depends whose version of file(1) you're running. It's all about the clever heuristics.	[reply]