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Shell command for reporting file type information
file is a shell command for reporting the type of data contained in a file. It is commonly supported in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. As the command
File_(command)
Topics referred to by the same term
resource on the local computer file (command), a Unix command-line app for detecting data types Files (Google), a file management app by Google Inc. for
File
Script file for Microsoft computer operating systems
A batch file is a script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. It consists of a series of commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter,
Batch_file
MS-DOS error
"Bad command or file name" is a common and ambiguous error message in MS-DOS. COMMAND.COM produces this error message when the first word of a command could
Bad_command_or_file_name
in many signatures) file (command) "execve(2): execute program - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12. "Libpcap File Format". Retrieved
List_of_file_signatures
Means of entering commands to software
software automation, since commands can be stored in a script file that can be used repeatedly. A script allows its contained commands to be executed as a group
Command-line_interface
Standard protocol for transferring files over TCP/IP networks
SSL/TLS (FTPS) or replaced with SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). The first FTP client applications were command-line programs developed before operating
File_Transfer_Protocol
Software feature
item. The user then presses Return or ↵ Enter to run the command or open the file. Command-line completion is useful in several ways, as illustrated
Command-line_completion
File format and file archiver program
most modern file archiving utilities. The tar command was abandoned in POSIX.1-2001 in favor of pax, which was to support the ustar file format, and tar
Tar_(computing)
Default command line for MS-DOS and Windows 9x
Copies one file to another (if the destination file already exists, MS-DOS asks whether to replace it). (See also XCOPY, an external command that could
COMMAND.COM
Filename suffix indicating file type
filename extension, also known as file name extension or file extension, is a suffix to the name of a computer file (for example, .txt, .mp3, .exe) that
Filename_extension
Shell for Windows NT and other operating systems
compared to COMMAND.COM, including: More detailed error reporting for malformed commands than the generic COMMAND.COM "Bad command or file name". In OS/2
Command_Prompt_(Windows)
File types in Unix-based operating systems
However, the file command can usually be used to determine what type of data they contain. The type of a file is specified by the file's mode, which consists
Unix_file_types
Below is a list of FTP commands that may be sent to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. It includes all commands that are standardized by the Internet
List_of_FTP_commands
Shell command for deleting files
shell command for removing files (which includes special files such as directories) from the file system. The command may not actually delete a file (release
Rm_(Unix)
File system object that is not displayed by default
system as a whole. The Unix-based ls shell command hides any file that starts with a dot (commonly called a dot file or dotfile) unless the option -a or -A
Hidden file and hidden directory
Hidden_file_and_hidden_directory
Shell command for writing an input file or stream to standard output
cat is a shell command for writing the content of a file or input stream to standard output. The name is an abbreviation of catenate, a variant form of
Cat_(Unix)
Shell command that copies standard input to standard output and to one or more files
tee is a shell command that copies data from standard input to one or more files in addition to standard output, duplicating the input to each output
Tee_(command)
Computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems
runs on Unix. Orthodox file managers (sometimes abbreviated to "OFM") or command-based file managers are text-menu based file managers that commonly have
File_manager
The APPEND command is similar to the PATH command that tells DOS where to search for program files (files with a .COM, . EXE, or .BAT file name extension)
List_of_DOS_commands
Shell command that copies file
cp is a shell command for copying files and directories. If the user has write access to a target file, the command copies the content by opening it in
Cp_(Unix)
Shell command for comparing file content
a shell command that compares the content of files and reports differences. The term diff is also used to identify the output of the command and is used
Diff
Archive file format created for Microsoft Windows
creating CAB archive files using the makecab command-line utility. It supports extracting the contents of a CAB archive files using File Explorer, Setup API
Cabinet_(file_format)
Shell command for copying and converting file data
dd (Data(set) Definition) is a shell command for reading, writing and converting file data. Originally developed for Unix, it has been implemented on many
Dd_(Unix)
Shell command for listing files and directories
shell command for listing file system contents: files and directories. Arguably, the command provides the same essential functionality as the ls command, but
Dir_(command)
term file refers to an item of a file system which can be a regular file, a directory or several other more specialized types. Columns: Command The text
List_of_POSIX_commands
Shell command for changing access permissions of a file
chmod is a shell command for changing access permissions and special mode flags of files (including special files such as directories). The name is short
Chmod
Command in various operating systems
Windows PowerShell. It is used to delete one or more files or directories from a file system. The command is available for various operating systems including
Del_(command)
Shell command to limit file permissions for new files
a shell command that reports or sets the mask value that limits the file permissions for newly created files in many Unix and Unix-like file systems.
Umask
Shell command for copying files
a shell command for copying files. Different implementations provide various capabilities, such as: Combining (concatenating) multiple files into a single
Copy_(command)
Shell command for listing files
ls is a shell command for listing files – including special files such as directories. Originally developed for Unix and later codified by POSIX and Single
Ls
File creation and timestamp updating shell command
shell command that sets the modification timestamp of an existing file to be current – which on a Unix-based file system includes special files such as
Touch_(command)
Tool to change passwords on Unix-like OSes
superuser or by using a few special purpose privileged commands. The /etc/passwd file is a text file with one record per line, each describing a user account
Passwd
Command to change the working directory
computer system that provides access to a hierarchical file system, provides a change directory command to set the working directory. As this applies to most
Cd_(command)
Structure of information stored on a computer
file format DROID file format identification utility File (command), a file type identification utility File conversion Future proofing Graphics file
File_format
Type of simple executable file
a filename extension for text files containing commands to be issued to the operating system (similar to a batch file). With the introduction of Digital
COM_file
the only operational public file format registry in the world, although the "Magic File" repository of the File Command has served this role in a less
PRONOM
Computer file format
User Guide. The standard commands are: FILE Names a file containing the data and its format (such as MP3, and WAVE audio file formats, and plain "binary"
Cue_sheet_(computing)
Shell command to display file contents
to display the contents of specified files on the computer terminal. The analogous Unix command is cat. The command is available in the operating systems
TYPE_(DOS_command)
Unix archiver command
shell command for maintaining multiple files as a single archive file (i.e. a file archiver). It is often used to create and update static library files that
Ar_(Unix)
Topics referred to by the same term
system File type, format of contents of a computer file Unix file types, such as regular, directory, symbolic link, and specials TYPE (DOS command), to
Type
User-definable variable associated with each running process in many operating systems
variable's value inside a DOS or Windows batch file will change the variable for the duration of COMMAND.COMor CMD.EXE's existence, respectively. In Unix
Environment_variable
Shell command
start command. It is used to start a program in memory at a specified address. Typical Unix shells (bash, etc.) have no built-in registry of file types
Start_(command)
External instruction to a computer program
parameter can specify anything, but often it specifies a file by name or path. The term command is sometimes also used for internal program instructions
Command_(computing)
Period when a computer system is available
similar to the systat command on Tenex/Tops 10/20 proc_uptime(5) – Linux File Formats Manual from ManKier.com proc_stat(5) – Linux File Formats Manual from
Uptime
File format and file compression program
a file format and a file compression program. The program uses the Deflate algorithm to compress and decompress a single file using the gzip file format
Gzip
Shell command for creating a link file
shell command for creating a link file to an existing file or directory. By default, the command creates a hard link, but with the -s command line option
Ln_(Unix)
Text string used to uniquely identify a computer file
computer file in a file system. Different file systems impose different restrictions on filename lengths. A filename may (depending on the file system)
Filename
Shell command for changing the owner of a file
shell command for changing the owning user of Unix-based file system files – including special files such as directories. The ownership of a file may only
Chown
Shell command for reporting available file system space
shell command for reporting the amount of available and consumed storage space on a file system. Although df is short for disk free, the command is not
Df_(Unix)
Software build automation tool
Make is a command-line interface software tool that performs actions ordered by configured dependencies as defined in a configuration file called a makefile
Make_(software)
Shell command for reporting file system storage use
du is a shell command for reporting the file system storage allocated to files and directory trees. With no command-line arguments, it reports the space
Du_(Unix)
Command used to begin execution of a program
mailto and file. In GNOME and KDE, the Run command acts as a location where applications and commands can be executed. KDE Plasma 4 Start (command) Multics
Run_command
Unix command
Unix shell, the full stop called the dot command (.) is a command that evaluates commands in a computer file in the current execution context. In the
Dot_(command)
Command-line program that compares multiple files
computing, fc (File Compare) is a command-line program in MS-DOS and compatible systems, OS/2, and Windows, that compares multiple files and outputs the
File_Compare
Form of interprocess communication
command < infile > outfile combines the two capabilities: command reads from infile and writes to outfile To append output to the end of the file, rather
Redirection_(computing)
GNU replacement for the Bourne shell
also supports the execution of commands from files, known as shell scripts, facilitating automation. The Bash command syntax is a superset of the Bourne
Bash_(Unix_shell)
Feature of some Unix shells
output of a command to be made available as a file path. The command is substituted in-line, where a file name would normally occur, by the command shell.
Process_substitution
Shell command for finding files
find is a shell command that locates files based on search criteria and performs actions on the matching files such as printing the file system path to
Find_(Unix)
Command to print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
In computing, tty is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems to print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. tty stands
Tty_(Unix)
Computer filing system
In computing, a file system or filesystem (FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of an operating system
File_system
Computer resource for recording data on a storage device
Everything is a file File camouflage File copying File conversion File deletion File directory File manager File system Filename Flat-file database Object
Computer_file
Shell command for joining files horizontally
of each input file, separated by tabs. The command reads each specified input file line-by-line. For each set of input lines, the command outputs a line
Paste_(Unix)
Shell command for scheduling periodic jobs
administrators can edit. Each line of a crontab file represents a job, and looks like this: * * * * * <command to execute> # | | | | | # | | | | day of the
Cron
Shell command for renaming a file or directory
shell command for renaming a file and in some implementations (such as AmigaDOS) a directory. Some shells with ren also provide a move command that provides
Ren_(command)
Family of archive file formats
ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed
ZIP_(file_format)
File holding settings for a computer program
A configuration file, also known as config file, is a file that stores data used to configure a software system such as an application, a server or an
Configuration_file
Practice of deducing the file type of a bitstream
implement a single well-defined and deterministic set of behaviors. The UNIX file command can be viewed as a content sniffing application. Numerous web browsers
Content_sniffing
Shell command for moving files
move is a shell command for renaming and moving files and directories. The command is in various shells including COMMAND.COM, Command Prompt, 4DOS/4NT
Move_(command)
Software utility from Microsoft to recover deleted files
Windows File Recovery is a command-line software utility from Microsoft to recover deleted files. It is freely available for Windows 10 version 2004 (May
Windows_File_Recovery
Computer command
programs, such as graphic processing, undo will negate the last command done to the file being edited. With the possibility of undo, users can explore and
Undo
Command on Unix systems to temporarily assume root privileges
configuration file (typically /etc/sudoers) permits the user access, the system invokes the requested command. The configuration file offers detailed
Sudo
Computer mechanism
File locking is a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file, or to a region of a file, by allowing only one user or process to modify or delete
File_locking
Section of a source code file that is treated as if it were a separate file
treated either as files or strings. Some shells treat them as a format string literal, allowing variable substitution and command substitution inside
Here_document
Unix command to mount a filesystem
command in various operating systems. Before a user can access a file on a Unix-like machine, the file system on the device which contains the file needs
Mount_(Unix)
Act of creating a new computer file with content matching an exiting file
an operating system command-line shell provides for file copying via commands cp, copy and similar variants. mv also copies files but only when the source
File_copying
Network administration command-line tool
can operate based on command line option and flag arguments, or in batch mode by reading requests from an operating system file. When a specific name
Dig_(command)
Specifies initial commands run under DOS-type operating systems
file one can execute every command being available either internally within the OS-specific command.com TSR or as an extra command (.com/.exe files)
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Computer security exploit using injected code
stored in the executable file ./check, the shell command ./check " 1 ) evil" will attempt to execute the (hypothetical) shell command evil instead of comparing
Code_injection
Windows system file utility
operating systems, System File Checker can be invoked via Windows Command Prompt (with Admin privilege), with the following command: sfc /scannow (to repair
System_File_Checker
Software documentation on Unix systems
for example, as a system call, or a shell (command line) command or package, or a package's configuration file, or as a coding construct / header. The same
Man_page
Network protocol that provides file management over any reliable data stream
File Transfer Protocol, also known as Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management
SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol
Programming command in Unix
The Unix command fuser is used to show which processes are using a specified computer file, file system, or Unix socket. For example, to check process
Fuser_(Unix)
Direct interface to an operating system
listing files, logging in a user and many others. Operating systems such as UNIX have a large variety of shell programs with different commands, syntax
Shell_(computing)
Windows command-line utility for copying files
Robocopy is a command-line file transfer utility for Windows. It is functionally more comprehensive than the COPY and XCOPY commands, but replaces neither
Robocopy
contains the DOS kernel. Command-line interpreter (Shell): COMMAND.COM: This is the command interpreter. User configuration files: AUTOEXEC.BAT: This is
List_of_DOS_system_files
Archiving utility for various operating systems
handling of file input/outputs is also a mix: when a list of file names is specified on the command line, they are taken as shell globs for file input or
Pax_(command)
Programming language used on DEC PDP-series machines
The file command was OPEN (abbreviation O): OPEN INPUT [device:][file][,ECHO] – prepare to read from the start of a file OPEN OUTPUT [device:][file][,ECHO]
FOCAL_(programming_language)
Filesystem of OpenVMS and RSX-11 operating systems
the file type; the TYPE command, for example, defaults to ".LIS" as the file type, so the command TYPE F, with no extension, attempts to open the file F
Files-11
Shell command for extracting printable text from a binary file
a shell command that extracts printable character strings from a file – which is particular useful for analyzing the content of a binary file. By definition
Strings_(Unix)
Copy-on-write file system developed by Apple
application, which is macOS's default file manager, but not when using the cp command. To do that on the command-line, the cp utility on macOS has a -c
Apple_File_System
Command in Linux
is the command in Linux that allows a user to set certain attributes of a file. lsattr is the command that displays the attributes of a file. Most BSD-like
Chattr
Utility software for combining files
extracting the contained file content to recreate the original files. In the early days of computing, Multics provided the archive command – a basic archiver
File_archiver
Command-line interpreter
integrated graphical file explorer. Take Command adds a built-in batch file editor and debugger, FTP and HTTP file access in commands, network file system access
Take_Command_Console
Shell command for moving files
mv is a shell command for renaming and moving files and directories. If both items are on the same file system, the command renames; otherwise items are
Mv_(Unix)
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are
Device_file
convert is a command-line utility included in the Windows NT operating system line. It is used to convert volumes using the FAT file systems to NTFS
Convert_(command)
Suite of computer programs and protocols
protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers. A command named uucp is one of the programs in
UUCP
Shell command for comparing files
comm is a shell command for comparing two files for common and distinct lines. It reads the files as lines of text and outputs text as three columns.
Comm
Type of computer file
computer science, a sparse file is a type of computer file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when the file itself is partially empty
Sparse_file
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Boy/Male
Scottish
County name in Scotland.
Girl/Female
Hindu
From the Nile
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or nickname for a devious man (see Wiles, of which this is the singular form).Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Weil.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lover
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Teófilo, TEÓFILA means "God's friend."
Male
Irish
Irish name derived from the word bile, BILE means "sacred tree."Â In mythology, this is the name of a god of healing and light.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘of the island’, or a habitational name from the common French place names Lisle or Lille, all derived from Old French isle (Latin insula) ‘island’.French : habitational name from the city of Lille, Nord (see 1).
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Theophilus, TEÓFILO means "friend of God."
Male
French
French form of Latin Æmilius, ÉMILE means "rival."
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or user of files, from an agent derivative of Middle English file ‘file’.English : occupational name for a spinner, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French fil ‘thread’ (Latin filum).English : Americanized spelling of German Feiler, cognate of 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal name Philip.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Neil.
Female
French
French form of Latin Cæcilia, CÉCILE means "blind."Â
Male
English
Middle English name of uncertain origin, but commonly associated with Latin Milo, MILE means "soldier."Â Compare with another form of Mile.
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Fein.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant spelling of Pyle.French : of uncertain origin: perhaps from Old French pile ‘trough’, a topographic name for someone who lived in a hollow, or alternatively a habitational name from any of the minor places named with this word.
Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Mil, possibly MILE means "soldier." Compare with another form of Mile.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant spelling of Vial. Compare Viles.
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