Re^2: file(1) equivalent?

why write a command-line utility that mimics another

It is part of the "Perl Power Tools" / Unix Reconstruction Project — for which the README says

"Our goal is quite simply to reimplement the classic Unix command set in pure Perl, and to have as much fun as we can doing so."

(discontinued by now, AFAIK)

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Re^3: file(1) equivalent? by mr.nick (Chaplain) on Jan 11, 2012 at 21:33 UTC
Ha! I had totally forgotten about that project. Looks like it went dead between 2004 & 2006. Oh, duh the original link even had "ppt" in it and I didn't notice. Funny thing is if you go to the top level page for the project, the module I linked (File::Type) is listed there. mr.nick ...	[reply]
Re^4: file(1) equivalent? by JavaFan (Canon) on Jan 11, 2012 at 22:18 UTC
PPT was a project for which most work was done long before 2004. 1997 or 1998, IIRC. Before the first YAPC.	[reply]